Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 2017, 7, 142-150 http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojml ISSN Online: 2164-2834 ISSN Print: 2164-2818 DOI: 10.4236/ojml.2017.72011 April 20, 2017 The Relationship between Perfectionism and Language Proficiency in Intermediate, Upper Intermediate, and Advanced Students of Kerman Institutes Mina Rastegar, Massoud Khabir, Ehsan Mehrabi Kermani Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran Abstract Language proficiency is the ultimate goal of English as a Foreign Language studies. The present study attempted to explore any significant relationships between perfectionism and its dimensions as a whole and language proficien- cy of students of Kerman institutes. A number of 98 participants studying English at intermediate, upper-intermediate, and advanced levels as a foreign language at Kerman institutes took part in this study. To obtain the required data, the following instruments were administered: Multidimensional Perfec- tionism Scale (Frost & Marten, 1990) to measure participants’ level of perfec- tionism and its dimensions and the short version of Michigan Test (Briggs, Dobson, Rohlick, Spann, & Strom, 1997) to measure the participants’ level of language proficiency. The SPSS results depicted that there was a significant positive relationship between the construct perfectionism and language profi- ciency. Keywords Perfectionism, Language Proficiency, English as a Foreign Language 1. Introduction Nowadays, a great number of people step into the seemingly unpaved road of learning a new language, which will connect them not only to the outer world but also to different countries, people, and their cultures. Research has shown that language seekers should not be looked at just simply, but modularly with several variables involved. Moreover, not all language seekers will proficiently succeed in their quest. Foreign language learners send up with different de- How to cite this paper: Rastegar, M., Kha- bir, M., & Mehrabi Kermani, E. (2017). The Relationship between Perfectionism and Language Proficiency in Intermediate, Up- per Intermediate, and Advanced Students of Kerman Institutes. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 7, 142-150. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojml.2017.72011 Received: February 19, 2017 Accepted: April 17, 2017 Published: April 20, 2017 Copyright © 2017 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access