Open AccessZnaczenie determinacji w nauce języka angielskiego jako obcego na poziomie zaawansowanym
Author(s) -
Mirosław Pawlak,
Joanna Zawodniak,
Mariusz Kruk
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neofilolog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2545-3971
pISSN - 1429-2173
DOI - 10.14746/n.2021.56.1.2
Subject(s) - grit , psychology , personality , aptitude , trait , big five personality traits , second language acquisition , social psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , developmental psychology , philosophy , computer science , programming language
Second language acquisition (SLA) researchers have long been engaged in investigating the effect of a range of learner individual differences (IDs, e.g., motivation, anxiety and aptitude) on L2 learning and achievement. At the same time, there are no more than a few studies focusing of on learner personality and its place in SLA and the relationship between personality traits and other ID variables. One such underappreciated and thus poorly recognized personality trait is grit, understood as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals. The present paper reports a study in which grit was investigated among advanced university students majoring in English with the help of a language-specific grit scale and semi-structured interviews. The empirical considerations are preceded by a small number of theoretical comments on the nature of grit and related research that was conducted to date. The paper ends with the discussion of future research directions and possible pedagogical implications.