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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-1683</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-1705</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">24712</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-1683-2020-17-3-426-439</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>EDUCATION IN RUSSIA AND IN THE WORLD IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALISATION AND DIGITALISATION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ В ЭПОХУ ГЛОБАЛИЗАЦИИ И ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ В РОССИИ И МИРЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Personality Traits and Foreign Language Proficiency in Russian Linguistics and Non-Linguistics Students</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Личностные черты и уровень владения иностранным языком у российских студентов-лингвистов и нелингвистов</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Novikova</surname><given-names>Irina A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Новикова</surname><given-names>Ирина Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Psychology, is Associate Professor, Associate Professor at Social and Differential Psychology Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат психологических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры социальной и дифференциальной психологии</p></bio><email>novikova-ia@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Berisha</surname><given-names>Nadezhda S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бериша</surname><given-names>Надежда Сергеевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MA in Linguistics, is lecturer at Department of Political and Legal Disciplines and Social Communications, the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, and Ph.D. applicant at Social and Differential Psychology Department, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>магистр лингвистики, преподаватель кафедры политических и юридических дисциплин и социальной коммуникации Российской академии народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте РФ, соискатель кафедры социальной и дифференциальной психологии Российского университета дружбы народов</p></bio><email>terentyeva-ns@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Novikov</surname><given-names>Alexey L.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Новиков</surname><given-names>Алексей Львович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, is Associate Professor at the General and Russian Linguistics Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат филологических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры общего и русского языкознания</p></bio><email>Novikov-al@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shlyakhta</surname><given-names>Dmitriy A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шляхта</surname><given-names>Дмитрий Александрович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Psychology, Associate Professor, is Associate Professor at Social and Differential Psychology Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат психологических наук, доцент, доцент кафедры социальной и дифференциальной психологии</p></bio><email>shlyakhta-da@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>17</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 17, NO3 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 17, №3 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>426</fpage><lpage>439</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-09-29"><day>29</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Novikova I.A., Berisha N.S., Novikov A.L., Shlyakhta D.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Новикова И.А., Бериша Н.С., Новиков А.Л., Шляхта Д.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Novikova I.A., Berisha N.S., Novikov A.L., Shlyakhta D.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Новикова И.А., Бериша Н.С., Новиков А.Л., Шляхта Д.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/24712">https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/24712</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The search for factors and determinants of effective foreign (second) language acquisition (FLA/SLA) is an interdisciplinary problem that is becoming more and more practically important in the modern globalising world. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the correlation between personality traits and the foreign language proficiency (FLP) level among students of various university specialties. The total sample includes 241 first- and second-year undergraduate students (74% females), of which 128 students (82.5% females) study at the Linguistics Department and 113 students (64% females) belong to other departments. All the students learn English as a primary foreign language (FL). The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness) were measured by the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (Russian adaptation by S. Biryukov and M. Bodunov). In testing the foreign language proficiency levels, we used the traditional Academic Performance Index (semester Final Grades in English) and assessments of the foreign language proficiency levels made by English teachers in relation to their students according to the Foreign Language Proficiency Scale (10 indices and the total score) developed by the authors. To process the data in the R software environment, version 3.5.2, the methods of descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha and Macdonald’s omega coefficients, Spearman’s rank correlation analysis and Wilcoxon’s T -test were used. The findings of our research showed that FLP is most closely related to Openness in linguistics students and to Conscientiousness in non-linguistics students. These facts should be taken into account by the developers of programmes for psychological and pedagogical support of the FL learning process in Russian universities.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Поиск факторов и условий эффективного овладения иностранным (вторым) языком - междисциплинарная проблема, которая становится все более актуальной в современном глобализирующемся мире. Цель данного исследования - изучить и сравнить взаимосвязь между личностными чертами и уровнем владения иностранным языком у студентов различных направлений обучения. Выборка включает 241 студента первого и второго курсов (74 % - девушки), из которых 128 студентов (82,5 % - девушки) учатся в бакалавриате по направлению «Лингвистика», а 113 студентов (64 % - девушки) обучаются по нелингвистическим направлениям. Все студенты изучают английский как основной иностранный язык. Для диагностики личностных черт (нейротизм, экстраверсия, открытость опыту, добросовестность и согласие) применялся пятифакторный опросник в русской адаптации С.Д. Бирюкова и М.В. Бодунова. Для определения уровня владения иностранным языком использовались как традиционный показатель академической успеваемости (итоговые семестровые оценки по английскому языку), так и процедура экспертной оценки. Преподаватели английского языка оценивали своих студентов с помощью авторской шкалы владения иностранным языком (10 показателей и общий балл). Для статистической обработки данных в программной среде R (версия 3.5.2) использовались методы описательной статистики, коэффициенты α Кронбаха и ω МакДональда, ранговый корреляционный анализ Спирмена и Т -критерий Вилкоксона. Результаты исследования показали, что уровень владения иностранным языком наиболее тесно связан с открытостью опыту у студентов-лингвистов и добросовестностью у студентов-нелингвистов. Полученные данные могут быть использованы при разработке программ психолого-педагогического сопровождения процесса обучения иностранным языкам в российских вузах.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>foreign language</kwd><kwd>second language</kwd><kwd>foreign language acquisition</kwd><kwd>foreign language proficiency</kwd><kwd>Five-Factor Model</kwd><kwd>personality traits</kwd><kwd>English as a foreign language</kwd><kwd>linguistics and non-linguistics students</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>иностранный язык</kwd><kwd>освоение иностранного языка</kwd><kwd>уровень владения иностранным языком</kwd><kwd>пятифакторная модель личности</kwd><kwd>личностные черты</kwd><kwd>английский язык как иностранный</kwd><kwd>студенты-лингвисты</kwd><kwd>студенты-нелингвисты</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This publication was prepared as part of the Research Initiative Project No. 056112-0-000 at the Philological Faculty of RUDN University</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Статья подготовлена в рамках инициативной темы филологического факультета РУДН № 056112-0-000.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ackerman, P.L., Chamorro-Premuzic, T., &amp; Furnham, A. 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