Categories: All - personality - motivation - learning - age

by Camila Pauletto 4 years ago

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INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Various factors influence how individuals acquire a second language, encompassing a range of personal and environmental aspects. Learning styles, such as field independence or dependence, play a role in how learners process and organize information.

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING

Topic principal

Intuitions of grammaticality

The age at which people began to exposure to English
At what age should second language instructions begin?

Age of acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis

Identity and ethnic group affiliation

Social factors can affect motivation, attitudes and language learning success.

Personality

Aptitude

Research on learner characteristics

Correlation

Critical Period

Relationship between age and the acquisition of features of a second language
Accent

Learner beliefs

Motivation and attitudes

Integrative motivation
Instrumental motivation

Learning style

Field dependent
Tend to see things more holistically
Field independent
Tend to separate details from the general background

Intelligence

Multiple intelligences

"Good language learners"

Characteristics
Motivation, intellectual abilities and learning preferences