首页    期刊浏览 2024年11月27日 星期三
登录注册

文章基本信息

  • 标题:Successful vs. Less Successful Iranian EFL Learners: Cognitive Styles, Cognitive Flexibility, and Experience Evaluation
  • 本地全文:下载
  • 作者:Farnaz Avarzamani ; Majid Farahian
  • 期刊名称:International Journal of English Linguistics
  • 印刷版ISSN:1923-869X
  • 电子版ISSN:1923-8703
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:7
  • 期号:3
  • 页码:29
  • DOI:10.5539/ijel.v7n3p29
  • 出版社:Canadian Center of Science and Education
  • 摘要:

    The present study aimed to compare successful with less successful English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners regarding their cognitive styles and flexibility, together with the learners’ evaluation of their experience of doing an unfamiliar cognitive test. The sample consists of 60 adult EFL learners (30 successful and 30 less successful), both males and females symmetrically. The homogeneity of participants’ age of onset, socio-economic class, and motivation was also considered. The data was analyzed, using Chi-square and Gamma correlation. Overall, it was revealed that analytical, logical reasoning, reflective, and learning were the most prominent cognitive styles among successful learners. They also showed a considerable cognitive flexibility. On the other hand, less successful learners were inclined to the random style, along with a lower cognitive flexibility. With respect to gender groups, it turned out that females in the successful group were significantly inclined to the reflective and logical reasoning styles and less successful females adopted a random style. Finally, no significant result was found concerning the cognitive test evaluation. The findings of this study may contribute to a wider understanding of EFL success and failure from the viewpoint of cognitive preferences.

国家哲学社会科学文献中心版权所有