The purpose of the study was to explore interactional effects on students`` instructional participation and achievement between ways of communication(face-to-face VS computer-mediated) and personalities in English instruction. The purpose was accompli...
The purpose of the study was to explore interactional effects on students`` instructional participation and achievement between ways of communication(face-to-face VS computer-mediated) and personalities in English instruction. The purpose was accomplished by examining two hypotheses and four sub hypotheses and analyzing data obtained from an experiment. The experiment was participated by 16 college students and consisted of face-to-face instruction and Web-chatting taught by an Canadian. According to the experiment results, it was found that students participated more often in computer-mediated instruction than face-to-face instruction. Especially, introverts recorded much more participations than extroverts. It was also found that achievement was not affected by personality, but affected by ways of communication in English instruction. In addition, there was an interaction b2tween personality and ways of communication on the achievement. In detail, introverts achieved almost same as in both instructions, but extroverts achieved less in computer- mediated instruction than face- to- face instruction. Based on the results of the study, It was concluded that computer-mediated instruction could be compatible with face-to-face instruction. However, there should be instructional considerations especially for extroverts who would be expected to suffer in the environment.