INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN L2
ACQUISITION
Rod Ellis, 2003, Page 73-78
GROUP MEMBERS :
Mucti Intan Sari (2201410133)Alfin Nisfualaili M.F. (2201410)M. Yudi Nugroho (2201410144)
Individual Differences In L2 Acquisition
Focuses
• Language Aptitude• Motivation• Learning strategies
Language Aptitude Can be described as a natural
ability to learn a learner language, deals with cognitive ability.
This ability might be different between one person and another.
Language Aptitudecomponents
Phonemic coding ability
Grammatical sensitivity
Inductive language learning ability
Rote learning ability
Phonemic Coding AbilityThe ability to identify the sounds of
foreign language.Example : ability to find differences
between native language sounds and foreign language sounds.
The ability to handle sounds-symbols relationship.Example : ability to read phonetic
writing.
Grammatical Sensitivity The ability to recognize
grammatical function of words in sentences
Example :ability to determine the subject and object of a sentence.
Inductive Language Learning Ability
The ability to recognize patterns of correspondence and relations between form and meaning
Example: ability to recognize that in English “to” represent direction, and “at” represent location.
Rote Learning AbilityThe ability to form and
remember associations between stimuli
Example : ability to memorize English vocabularies
How does language aptitude relate to the process of interlanguage development?
The components of language aptitude may be implicated in different stages of processing.
phonemic coding ability seem relevant to the processing of input, grammatical sensitivity and inductive learning language ability relevant to the central processing stage involving interlanguage construction and memory to the storage and access of language.
Motivation
The aspect of individual differences in L2 acquisition that involves the attitudes and affective stages that influence the degree of effort that learner make to learn an L2
Motivation AspectsInstrumental
motivationIntegrative motivation
Resultative motivation
Intrinsic motivation
Instrumental MotivationA kind of motivation in learning
an L2 for some functional reasons.
Examples : to pass an examination, to get a job
Integrative MotivationA kind of motivation to learn an
L2 because the learner is interested in people or culture represented by the target language.
Example : English speaking Canadians tend learn French
Resultative MotivationA kind of motivation which is the
result of learning process.
Example : a learner will feel more or less motivated depends on what kind of achievement the learner gets as a result of learning process.
Intrinsic MotivationA kind of motivation which
involves excitement and maintenance of curiosity as a result of learner’s particular interest and feeling of personally involved in learning activities.
Example : learner will fell more motivated if the learner enjoys the learning activities.
Learning Strategies The particular approaches or
techniques that learner employs to try to learn an L2.
They can be behavioural or mental and typically problem-oriented.
Learning StrategiesKinds of learning strategies
Cognitive strategies
Metacognitive strategies
Social/affective strategies
Learning StrategiesCognitive strategies, involved in the
analysis, synthesis, or transformation of learning materials.Example : recombination
Metacognitive strategis, involved in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning.Example : selective attention
Social/affective strategies, concern inn the way learner choose to interact with other speaker.Example : questioning for clarification
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