Psychological Characteristics of Personal Tolerance in Learning a Foreign Language

Abstract

This article examines the role of tolerance in learning process. It also presents the results of a survey conducted by the authors of this article to determine the degree of tolerance influence on students’ mental states and on the success of learning foreign languages. The survey results revealed high direct correlation dependence between the degree of personal tolerance and the degree of cognitive activity, learning motivation, acquisition of a foreign language and reverse correlation dependence with anxiety and anger level. Based on the survey findings authors conclude about the importance of personal tolerance in learning foreign languages. In their view, the existence of important correlation dependence between the tolerance and students’ mental state which affects learning success, indicates that it is important to pay attention to this causality while designing educational process and methodology. In educational process the emphasis must be placed on unfolding and strengthening tolerance of an individual.