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The Impact of Openness and Ambiguity Tolerance on Learning English as a Foreign Language

Part of the book series: Second Language Learning and Teaching ((SLLT))

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This chapter of the book is devoted to a discussion of the results, collected according to the research blueprint outlined in the previous chapter. The data were gathered with both quantitative and qualitative methods and then analysed to present how the traits openness to experience and ambiguity tolerance are related to the forms of attainment (self-assessment and grades). All the findings are interpreted to show profiles of students with different levels of openness to experience and ambiguity tolerance. At the end of the chapter, the limitations of the study are presented.

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Lika, B. (2023). Discussion. In: The Impact of Openness and Ambiguity Tolerance on Learning English as a Foreign Language. Second Language Learning and Teaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45940-5_6

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