College Student Personality Traits Related to TOEIC and GEPT
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Volume two, Issue four
October 2012
College Student Personality Traits Related to TOEIC and GEPT CHIA-HUI LIN Toko University Bio Data: Chia-Hui Lin was born in Taiwan and currently works at Toko University. Abstract Personality had been conceptualized from different theoretical perspectives. Many psychologists had divided language of personality as important and useful for daily interaction. Thus, personality traits seemed to be an important factor in achieving educational goals for students learning foreign languages. TOEIC and GEPT tests measured English proficiency for the international working environment and educational organizations. A number of colleges and universities also employed TOEIC and GEPT tests as tools for student placement, tracking progress, and program evaluation. This study quantitatively examined non-experimental relationships among personality traits, TOEIC, GEPT, foreign language classroom anxiety, classroom structure, and satisfaction. A total of 110 surveys were distributed, and 100 surveys were returned, with a return rate of 91%, with 9% missing data. Results showed that 3 of the 5 examined personality traits were statistically significant. Furthermore, TOEIC and GEPT tests did not influence personality traits, and GEPT participation had more statistical significance than TOEIC participation for student personality traits. The findings did not help statistical differences in foreign language classroom anxiety, and classroom structures for satisfaction and personality traits. The results of this research might influence educational organizations, government, and company decisions and strategies. Future studies should be enlarged to strengthen the generalizability of this research. Keywords: personality traits, TOEIC, GEPT, foreign language classroom anxiety, classroom structure, and satisfaction. Introduction Personality has been conceptualized from different theoretical perspectives (John, Hampson, & Goldberg, 1991; McAdams, 1995). Personality theory assumes that everyone is different and that people are uniquely characterized. Personality has been studied in various manners pertaining to different forms of processing and learning styles (Sharp, 2008). Many psychologists (Klages, 1926; Baumgarten, 1933; Allport & Odbert, 1936) have divided language of personality as important and 33 | P a g e
Language Testing in Asia
Volume two, Issue four
October 2012
useful for daily interaction. Thus, personality traits seem to be an important factor in achieving educational goals for students learning foreign languages (Erton, 2010). The Educational Testing Service (ETS) developed the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) in 1979 in Japan to improve international business and trade (ETS, 2008). Nearly 5 million people took the TOEIC in 2009, which is recognized by thousands of corporations as a measure of employee English proficiency (Yasuo, 2009). Another common test in Taiwan is the General English Proficiency Test (GEPT), which was developed in 1999 and commissioned by t
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