Cognitive influences on language learning

Intelligence or "G" factor
1. seen as an universal inborn ability
2. Intelligence as a factor in SLA success
  1. A correlation exists in formal L2 learning (classroom learning)
  2. There is not correlation in informal enviroments
3. IQ tests
  1. tool of intelligence measure
  2. Focused on linguistic and mathematical habilities
  3. Gardner(1985) icluncluded 5 more types of intelligences
Language aptitude
1. Cosidered to be a "natural ability"
2. Ellis(1985) considers apitude as a non measurable component
  1. Researchers have been trying to define different components of aptitude
    1. Carrol and Sapon´s MLTA identified 4 components in language aptitude
      1. phonemic or phonetic coding ability
      2. Grammatical sensivity
      3. inductive language learning ability
      4. rote learning ability
Cognitive style
1. Refers to the way that an individual processes information
  1. Reflective-impulsive thinking
  2. Broad- narrow categorizing
  3. skeletonizing-embroidering
  4. Belief congruence-contradiction
2. Particular on the duality
  1. Field dependent
  2. Field independent
3. Learning styles
  1. ESL learners styles
    1. Concrete
    2. Analytic
    3. Communicative
    4. Authority-oriented
Learning strategies
1. Steps taken by the learner
  1. Contribute to comunictive compentence
  2. Autonomus SS
  3. Tools
  4. Specific actions
  5. Are flexible
2. Cassificated
  1. Cognitive
    1. Memory
      1. Compensation
        Metacognitive
        Social
        Affective
        Communication

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