| The Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) was administered to 115 first to fifth year students of English and pedagogy in a Russian university (91 females and 24 males). The sample included 78 English language majors, 21 Russian language majors, and 16 computer science majors.; ENFP types were dominant (26% of the overall sample). ENTP types were second (10.4%), and INFP and ISTJ types were third equal (8.7%).; Scores for eight personality factors measured by the MBTI were correlated with teacher rankings of each student's oral and written English proficiency. Using Pearson's, Kendall's and Spearman's methods, significant positive correlations were found between extraversion (E) and English proficiency at the 0.01 level (n = 115) for both oral and written English. Perceiving (P) and Feeling (F) also correlated positively with English language proficiency at the 0.05 level or better. Significant negative correlations were noted for Sensing (S), Thinking (T) and Judging (J). |
