What this article tries to emphasize is that, although there are many articles proving that an EFL student’s
motivation is vital to successfully learning English, personality traits also influence academic performance. To
the best of the author’s knowledge contributory relationships among failure, personality traits and motivation
have yet to be comprehensively investigated. This study can be a preliminary study for this topic. In the future, it
is recommended that a quantitative study be done with a larger sampling of participants with more diverse
backgrounds, by applying inferential statistical techniques such as Structural Equation Modeling or Hierarchical
Linear Modeling, to systematically model and validate the causal relationships among these constructs.