Open AccessInterconnection of perfection and success in learning foreign languages
Author(s) -
Olga Yu. Savina
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
filologičeskie nauki v mgimo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2782-3717
pISSN - 2410-2423
DOI - 10.24833/2410-2423-2020-4-24-112-124
Subject(s) - perfectionism (psychology) , foreign language , psychology , empirical research , scale (ratio) , sample (material) , mathematics education , computer science , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mathematics , statistics , geography , chemistry , cartography , chromatography
The article deals with the relationship between perfectionism in the academic environment and foreign language learning. After defining the basic concepts (the three-dimensional model of perfectionism, its components, the multidimensional perfectionism scale by P. Hewitt and G. Flett), the results of the current related research conducted abroad and in Russia are briefly presented. The literature review allowed us to formulate a research question: Are the foreign language and its level of proficiency (on the Common reference levels) related to the degree of perfectionism and its components? In search of an answer to this question, an empirical study was conducted (sample size 213 participants). Using objective statistical methods, it was found that, in general, there are no statistically significant differences between students studying different languages and students at different levels. However, differences in the degree of perfectionism between A2 level and neighboring levels attract attention in terms of the effect sizes. For individual components of perfectionism, the levels of Basic user (A1 and A2) differ most from other levels. The presented results can be useful both for foreign language teachers and for scientists dealing with the success of language learning and the factors affecting this process.