Second Language Acquisition
Lecture #5: Individual Differences
Summary & Conclusions
DON PECKHAM
UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED – DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH L ANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS
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Individual Differences
• What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
•The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success Difficulties in definitions
•Approaches to language learning aptitude Gladwell’s critique
•The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment DeKeyser’s research
•Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation Dörnyei’s new approach
•A way of thinking about individual differences Three interacting areas
Individual Differences
•What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
• The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success:
Difficulties in definitions
•Approaches to language learning aptitude Gladwell’s critique
•The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment DeKeyser’s research
•Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation Dörnyei’s new approach
•A way of thinking about individual differences Three interacting areas
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Individual Differences
•What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
•The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success
Difficulties in definitions
• Approaches to language learning aptitude
Gladwell’s critique
•The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment DeKeyser’s research
•Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation Dörnyei’s new approach
•A way of thinking about individual differences Three interacting areas
Individual Differences
•What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
•The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success
Difficulties in definitions
•Approaches to language learning aptitude
Gladwell’s critique
• The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment
DeKeyser’s research
•Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation Dörnyei’s new approach
•A way of thinking about individual differences Three interacting areas
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Individual Differences
•What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
•The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success
Difficulties in definitions
•Approaches to language learning aptitude
Gladwell’s critique
•The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment
DeKeyser’s research
• Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation:
Dörnyei’s new approach
•A way of thinking about individual differences Three interacting areas
Individual Differences
•What is the good language learner like?
Four possible areas
•The promise and problem of correlations between individual differences and success
Difficulties in definitions
•Approaches to language learning aptitude
Gladwell’s critique
•The effects of beginning age of acquisition on ultimate attainment
DeKeyser’s research
•Exploring ideas in more depth: An innovative approach to conceiving of motivation
Dörnyei’s new approach
• A way of thinking about individual differences
Three interacting areas
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