Examining the Relationship Between Students’ Levels of Perfectionism and Their Achievements in English Learning

Individual variables in foreign language learning have receivedconsiderableattention in foreign language learning research in recent years.However, little research exists that has investigated the relationship betweenstudents’ levels of perfectionism and their achievements in the foreign languagelearning classroom settings. To bridge this gap, this study aims to answer whetherthere is a significant relationship between student’s levels of perfectionism andtheir English achievement. The population of this study is defined as all thirdgrade students (N=239, 110 males and 129 females) who learn English in the publicschools of ministry of education in a small city in the Northern Khorasan. Allthese students participated in the study, so the sample size includes the wholepopulation. Participants' scores on their levels of perfectionism were measured bya questionnaire and their scores of the final English exam were also used as themeasure of their English achievements. The results indicated that there isn’t anysignificant relationship between students’ levels of perfectionism and theirachievement (F = .515, p > .05); although an association between perfectionismand academic achievement has been found in a number of previous studies,perfectionism was not proved to be of great significance in the EFL learningprocess in the current study. At the end, some implications for both teachers andlearners, and suggestions for future research are provided.Keywords: Perfectionism, English Language Achievement, High School ThirdGrade Students

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Perfectionism ، English Language Achievement ، High School Third Grade Students