Scrutinizing the Effects of the Introversion Personality Trait on EFL Learners’ Oral Performance: Second Year BA Students as a Sample

Abstract

EFL learners mostly experience many difficulties in mastering the different aspects of speaking skill in particular. The present paper aims at investigating introversion and the different effects engendered from it. Moreover,the main purpose of this study is to state the status of introverted learners inside classroom in term of oral proficiency. To test our hypotheses and to find out answers to our research questions; we have chosen a mixedmethodology approach. The quantitative method contained a students‟ and teachers‟ questionnaire, the data were collected by teachers and a sample of second year students at the department of IBN Khaldoun University of Tiaret. However, the qualitative method was represented in structured interview with teachers of oral expression‟s module at the same department. As well as, a descriptive analysis was used to analyze the gathered data. Data analysis showed that introversion is a negative phenomenon that affects students‟ outcomes in oral performance. The pedagogical resolutions were formed in the shape of recommendations and suggestions at the end of the paper.