INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN L2

ACQUISITION

Rod Ellis, 2003, Page 73-78

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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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