• Hassan Soleimani

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• Manoochehr Jafarigohar

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• Atieh Ramezani

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A host of factors contribute to test performance of testees in language learning contexts. The study is an attempt to investigate any probable role that personality types might play in the performance of language learners in their performance on multiple-choice and true/false reading comprehension tests. Attempts were made to examine whether being an introvert or extrovert makes any significant difference in their performance on multiple-choice and true/false reading comprehension tests or not. To achieve such a purpose, 61 English language learners were selected on the basis of availability sampling procedure and their personality type was determined by using Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire (EPQ). Next, a series of multiple-choice and true/false reading comprehension tests were administered to the participants with the two personality types. The result of ttest revealed no statistically significant difference between the personality types of the participants in the study and their performance on the multiple-choice and true/false tests. The results could have implications for educators concerned with the validity of tests interpretations, testing researchers, and practitioners as well.

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