the effect of introversion/ extroversion of iranian students of japanese on their speaking ability in terms of accuracy, fluency and lexical density

the present study was carried out tofind if the personality traits of introversion and extroversion have anyeffects on the speaking ability of iranian students of japanese in terms of accuracy, fluency and lexicaldensity. to this end, 60iranian students of japanese were given the eysenckpersonality inventory; they were also given a role play interview test toelicit speaking samples from them. the application of the t-testprocedure revealed that there is a significant difference between the subjectsin accuracy and fluency in favor of the introverts. however, no significantdifference was found between the two groups in respect of fluency. the findingsof the study accentuate the need for teachers to heed their students’ personalitytrait as a means for the betterment of teaching practice  in relation to speaking skills.