The Effect of Extraversion or Introversion on Speaking Fluency of Iranian EFL Students

Personal traits and personal differences used to be neglected in language learning but later some connections were found between personality traits, which were called Big Five personality traits, and language learning. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a relationship between 1) extraversion/introversion and speaking fluency and 2) gender and speaking fluency. 116 students of English participated in this study, then they were divided into homogeneous groups, their learning style was determined and then they were interviewed. According to the results of this study, the extravert students outperformed significantly the introvert ones while there was no significant difference between the performance of extravert male students and extravert female students.