Identity Processing Styles and Language Proficiency among Persian Learners of English as a Foreign Language

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ID13648239
AuthorsSeyyed Ayatollah Razmjoo (0000-0002-6542-9399, Shiraz University, corresponding author), Sina Neissi (Shiraz University)
Year2010
Volume107
Issue3
Pages822-832
Publication date2010-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/08.11.28.pr0.107.6.822-832
PMID21323140
OpenAlexW1971515935
LanguageEN
References cited13

The relationship between identity processing styles and language proficiency in English as foreign language (EFL) was investigated among the Persian EFL learners. 266 Persian candidates taking part in a Ph.D. examination at Shiraz University took part. The Language Proficiency Test was used to measure language proficiency in English. The Identity Styles Inventory was used to measure normative, informational, and diffuse-avoidant identity processing styles. Relationships between normative and informational styles and language proficiency and its subscales (grammar, vocabulary, and reading) were positive and significant. Negative relationships between diffuse-avoidant style and language proficiency and its subscales (grammar, vocabulary, and reading) were observed. There were significant sex differences for diffuse-avoidant style and for vocabulary

Grammar · Identity (music · Language assessment · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Normative · Persian · Reading (process · Style (visual arts · Vocabulary · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology

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