The Relationship Between Personality Temperament,Communication Reticence,and Fear of Negative Evaluation

This study examined the influence and relationships of the Big Five personality variables of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability (neuroticism), and openness to experience on communication reticence and fear of negative evaluation (FNE). Undergraduates from (N = 336) basic communication or psychology courses completed self-report measures for these variables. Structural equation modeling indicated that only one personality dimension, extraversion, directly predicted reticence, whereas neuroticism was positively related to FNE, and openness was a negatively associated predictor of FNE. The model also showed a strong relationship between FNE and reticence, indicating that FNE moderated the relationship between two of the five personality variables (i.e., openness and neuroticism) and reticence.     

大学英语课堂沉默现象的影响因子分析及解决策略

在大学英语课堂教学中,学生消极沉默是极其普遍的现象,这对学习英语是十分不利。文章通过对大学英语课堂观察、学生问卷以及典型学生访谈等多种途径,发现导致这种现象的原因,除了学生本身的英语水平高低,既有来自教师的因素、也有学生因素、以及课堂教学环境和传统文化因素等,笔者最后提出缓解该现象的策略,以期提高大学英语教学质量。