Ambiguity tolerance

successful language learners have the ability of tolerance and adaptation to unknown factors and vague segments of a new language. Among learners there are several learning styles that we can point out the one of important one which is ambiguity tolerance (AT) and defined as “ the degree to which you are cognitively willing to tolerate ideas and propositions that run counter to your own belief system or structure of knowledge” (Brown, 2000: 119). As Ely (1989) mentioned, learning new language has its uncertainty and full of considerable amount of ambiguity during learning a foreign language. Needless to say that there are difficulties in an L2 context for learners specially in constructing meaningful interpretation to the inefficient of linguistic clues (Chapell & Roberts, 1986). As Furnham (1994) states ambiguity of tolerance is about information around ambiguous situation when learners face with amount of unfamiliar, complex or inharmonious will occurs for an individual (or group). Since learning a new language process is plentiful of ambiguity plays a crucial role in language learner’s success. White (1999) pointed that if ambiguity is not tolerated wisely, it puts learners in an awful situation which is not appropriate strategies and lead learners in a way may be negatively affected. 1.1.…

us, but when they start asking why and start to question why you do certain things the way we do, that’s when it start getting difficult. That’s when we start to ask ourselves those very same questions. Why DO I actually lead the way I do? Why DO I like control and structure in life? Today I am going to try and answer the hard questions. In this paper, I will explore the “whys” of who I am and what me who I am. I will be talking about my tolerance of ambiguity, my learning style, my dominant…

It is thus, a concept which may influence learners’ WTC which can lead to a decrease in their oral proficiency level. Up to now, WTC has been affected by various variables which are known as individual differences by scholars and researchers (e.g., Dörnyei, 2005; Peng & Woodrow, 2010; Molberg, 2010; Baharvand, et.al, 2015) as being influential factors in communication among students in the language classrooms including fears of speaking, lack of self-esteem, language anxiety, gender, age,…

with similar plot and characters. Raymond Carver covers this with his stories, “The Bath” and “A Small, Good Thing.” Both stories recount a young boy, who was hit by a car and die. There is much more to each story than the analogous plot. Each story develops their characters differently and place emphasis on certain details. With the use of details, there is less ambiguity in one story than there is in the other. These stories offer a look at the editing process and how it affects the overall…

Ambiguity results from the absence of adequate information due to the complexity, newness, or insolubility of a specific situation (Budner, 1962). McLain (1993, p. 183) refers to ambiguity as ‘perceived insufficiency of information regarding a particular stimulus or context’. Tolerance of ambiguity is defined as an inclination to comprehend contradictory, vague, unstructured, and deficient information (Adorno, Frenkel, Levinson & Sanford, 1950). At the same time, from McLain’s viewpoint (1993,…

instead of digging deeper and understanding the real meaning. Apparently first impression is the best impression. And therefore, this ends up creating ambiguity and imperfection, which generally leads to failure. Similar to this issue, the authors of “The Corner of the Eye” and “When We Learn From Failure (and When We Don’t)”, Lewis Thomas and Gretchen Gavett, deals with the issues of human ambiguity and failures. While Thomas discusses about the central roles that ambiguity and human…

Morally ambiguous characters are very common. From the classic works of literature, such as Shakespeare’s Othello, to modern characters, such as Marvel superheroes, morally ambiguous characters are used by writers to make a point and to spark an idea in the minds of their audience. Two examples of these types of characters are Iago from Othello and Henry Higgins from Pygmalion. Both characters played pivotal roles in their perspective plays. Despite being static characters, both played important…

A black and white, a left and right, and a right and a wrong. While all three of these phrases seem to make sense, including their obvious cut and dry nature, our society is so focused on one or the other that we forget about the in between. A grey, a center, and a human being. Toni Morrison explores the ambiguity of our life in her novel Beloved, letting the reader forgo their idea of evil and goodness, for a more vague and less constructed moral standing. The physical and spiritual world are…

Roethke’s “My Papa’s Waltz” is a poem that contradicts itself as a whole many times. When reading it, there are two contrasting ideas that can be visualized. He uses certain words that are playful while also using words that have a clearly negative connotation to tell this story between a father and son. Other times, there is ambiguity in the phrases he chooses. Even the rhythm of the poem can have different meanings to different people. It all depends on which words stand out to the reader.…

title, is by having relatable characters to the reader’s life. If the reader cannot relate to the characters in daily life, the book is not a timeless classic, because books are supposed to provide a real life scenario. It should also have ambiguity, as without that, the reader is getting all the information from the text, and the reader is not thinking. Only if the reader thinks, he or she can relate to the novel. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird should not be considered a timeless classic…