title: Identity processing styles and language proficiency among Persian learners of English as a foreign language.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, College of Literature and Humanities, Shiraz University, Iran. arazmjoo@rose.shirazu.ac.ir
authors.forename: Seyyed Ayatollah
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Razmjoo
authors.forename: Sina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neissi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019303:Multilingualism; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D044465:White People