Sex Personality Differences in Foreign Language Performance

Ala,; Oda, Hussein

	Sex Personality Differences in Foreign Language Performance
Misan Journal of Acodemic Studies
Article 1, Volume 7, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 59-74
Authors
; Hussein Oda
Abstract
Introduction Any study of gender-related difference must acknowledge that the effect of the sex variable is dependent on the task performed and the circumstances under which the is performed (Nyikos/1990). This paper addresses one aspect of individual differences, namely sex differences, and how this may influence the learning tasks performed by university students taking a foreign language •Oxford et al. (1988) indicates that factors in the socializa¬tion of the sexes must be recognized as exerting a strong influence on memorization processes* It follows that in verbal learning tasks men and women may diverge radically in what they accept as salient retrieval cues* These differences may be due to the relative importance each group learns to attach to the information and to the mode in which it is presented* For example, women attach great importance to expressing themselves verbally and women value facility with visual and spatial information, all socially santioned gender-appropriate behaviours learned by the respective gender groups (Giles and Wiemann (1995).The present study investigates sex differences in relation to foreign language learning at university level• Two experiments were designed, for this purpose.

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