内向与外向性格对英语学习的影响 -.doc

【标题】内向与外向性格对英语学习的影响 【作者】内向与外向性格对英语学习的影响 【关键词】内向；外向；性格；影响；英语学习 【指导老师】王 露 【专业】英语 【正文】Ⅰ. IntroductionA．BackgroundWith the popularization of English communicative skills, the research on learner’s individual difference are drawing more and more people’s attention, and undoubtedly personality becomes one of the important but not estimated factors. Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung divided personality into introversion and extroversion according to the internal and external environment of one’s character. Psychologist Song Guangwen(1994) once pointed out the importance of the personality, he said:?“personality is the most important factors among the non-intelligence factors which can make up for a person’s ability, and also good personality is the indispensable factor to achieve success.”1 And some psychologists in China think that the extroverted are active, sociable, adaptable and generous in every respect, but some of the extroverted are rash and random in their work. And the introverted, they think, are self-centered, cautious and thoughtful, but they are uncommunicative, indifferent and isolated. Meanwhile these features of introvert and extrovert character have drawn many English teachers’ attention; they related students’ English studying to their personality. Teachers regard students who have good English skills as confident, outgoing and earnest in studying. While they view students whose English are not good as timid, introverted. Though the above mentioned comes from the actual observances of life and teaching, there still exists two absolute opinions. Because the extroverted have the big advantage in the basic international communication skills, Rod Ellis(1994) think the extroverted have more opportunities to gain language information, therefore they have priority in learning English.2 And another view is that the introverted are good at the cognitive academic language ability, and they spend much time in reading and writing, so they are easy to suc