Personality in foreign language learning and teaching 1.2.5-EC-PFLLT
Course objectives:
- familiarising with various personality theories
- familiarising with research tools measuring human personality
- analyzing own personality profiles
- developing a repertoire of effective learning and teaching tasks and techniques.
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Course content
1. Definitions of personality
2. Type and trait theories
3. Personality measurements
4. The Big Five theory and its measurement
5. The Big Five traits and their facets
6. Establishing own personality profile
7. Personality and foreign language learning (FLL)
8. Strengths and weaknesses of each trait in FLL
9. Development of effective language learning and teaching techniques
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Methods of instruction/ forms of classroom activity:
presentation, lecture, discussion, analysis of materials, individual work, pair work, ICT tools/MSTeams
Field of study
Student workload
Study level
Education profile
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Learing outcomes (PQR 2019)
Knowledge
Student knows and understands:
1. key terminology of the personality aspects ((k_W02/P6S_WG).
Skills
Student can:
2. use the personality terminology skillfully ((k_U01/P6S_UW)
3. can use personality terminology at C1 level ((k_U05/P6S_UK)
4. implement trait-related linguistic skills (k_U08/P6S_UO)
5. cooperate with other students in group discussions ((k_U08/P6S_UO)
Social competences
Student is ready to:
6. function effectively in a society, being fully aware of their own potential, and be-ing attentive to other people’s needs ((k_K06/P6S_KR)
Assessment criteria
Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:
1. Active participation during classes and preparation - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6)
2. Final test - 50% of the final grade (outcome 1,2,3,4)
pass at 60% of the final grade
Bibliography
Reading list:
Dewaele, J.-M., & Botes, E. (2019). Does multilingualism shape personality? An exploratory investigation. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1367006919888581. doi: 10.1177/1367006919888581
Dörnyei, Z., & Ryan, S. (2015). The psychology of the language learner revisited. New York; London: Routledge
John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. (1999). The Big Five Trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives. W O. P. John, R. W. Robins, & L. A. Pervin (Red.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research, 2nd ed (s. 102–138). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press
Ożańska-Ponikwia, K. (2018). Personality and Emotional Intelligence in second language learning. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Piechurska-Kuciel, E. (2020). Big Five in SLA. Heidelberg: Springer
Additional information
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