Title: Personality as a factor affecting the use of language learning strategies. Jakub Przybył & Mirosław Pawlak (2023). Cham(Switzerland), Springer Nature Switzerland AG. ISBN 978-3-031-25254-9
Abstract: Language learning strategies, used by second or foreign language (L2) learners to acquire, facilitate, manage, and evaluate target language features, is defined as "a dynamic, multidimensional construct compromising of complex dynamic interactions shaped a wide range of psychological and motivational variables (Derakhshan et al. 2023a), personality being one of the most important ones.Even though investigations of the links between personality traits and language learning strategies do exist, they are still scarce, to a large extent, fragmentary, some of which are not reflective of the latest developments in the fields.For instance, a great deal has explored the influence of extraversion/introversion on language learning strategies and language achievement, yet the trait soon became an "unloved variable" due to the apparent inconsistency in research findings.In addition, many studies on personality have relied on questionable instruments, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and a vast majority of the instruments have addressed the impact of specific traits on various aspects of L2 learning in isolation rather than in clusters.(Derakhshan et al. 2023b).So far, relatively few attempts have been made to determine how clusters of personality traits may affect the use of different types of LLS.Personality as a Factor Affecting the Use of Language Learning Strategies,written by two polish authors, is the first book adopting a wide range of theoretical perspectives and diverse research paradigms to demonstrate the influence of the Five Factor Model of personality on the use of language learning strategies.An innovative perspective of this book is its aim is not only to account for the psychological profile of a good language learner but rather extract clusters of L2 learners who are similar in terms of their levels of personality traits and reported LLS use.Research findings and case studies are well interpreted with quantitative statistics and qualitative semistructure interviews to provide final conclusions of the research, which shed light on the frequency and characteristics of LLS use by university level foreign language learners in Poland as well as the relationship between LLS use and their clusters of personality traits.The book consists of 6 chapters, which fall into two parts.The first three chapters provide an overview of relevant theoretical issues.Language and personality are inseparable.The