THE CORRELATION BETWEEN EXTROVERSION-INTROVERSION PERSONALITY TRAITS AND LISTENING COMPREHENSION ABILITY OF STUDENTS OF ENGLISH EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH PALEMBANG
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- This study aimed to find out: (1) the correlation between English Education Study Program students’ extroversion-introversion personality traits and their listening comprehension ability, and (2) the contribution of English education study program students’ extroversion-introversion personality traits on their listening comprehension ability. The sample of this study consisted of 33 fifth semester students chosen purposively from English education study program at University of Muhammadiyah Palembang. Eysenck’s Personality Inventory questionnaire and listening test taken from Longman TOEFL Preparation Guide were used in order to collect the data. The writer used Pearson Product Moment Coefficient Correlation of SPSS version 22 to analyze the data. The results showed that students were divided into both extroverted and introverted personality traits. However, the results of their listening comprehension were categorized as failed, low and moderate. The results showed that (1), there was a significant correlation between students’ extroversion-introversion personality traits and their listening comprehension ability (p-value 0.005), and (2), there was 37.2% contribution of English education study program students’ extroversion personality trait on their listening comprehension ability, and 64.4% contribution of English education study program students’ introversion personality trait on their listening comprehension ability. The rest of the contributions might be followed by the other factors such as motivation, facilitations, situations, and other factors.