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Individual Learner Differences

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- 1Individual Learner Differences 3 aspects1) Cognitive (intelligence, aptitude)
2) Affective (motivation, attitude)
3) Personal (extrovert/introvert; tolerance of ambiguity etc.) - 2Cognitive differencesIntelligence
May have an influence on the development of reading and writing skills
Aptitude
„…how well you would do in comparison to achievement tests“ > four relevant areas:
phonetic coding
grammatical sensitivity
rote learning
inductive learning - 3Affective differencesMotivation
instrumental vs integrative
Intrinsic vs extrinsic
„resultative hypothesis“: …there is nothing that succeeds like success
Attitude towards
speakers of the language
the teacher(s)
success
the language and the target culture(s) - 4Personality VariablesP.Vs. are not good or bad
P.Vs. are always relative in comparison
Some examples of P.Vs.:
e.g. extroversion / introversion
tolerance of ambiguity
field independence/ field dependence - 5Learning Strategies

- 6Learning Strategiesdirect and indirect
- 7A) direct strategiesMemory strategies
Cognitive strategies
Compensation strategies - 8B) indirect strategiesmeta-cognitive strategies
affective strategies
social strategies
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- Principles of ELT Methodology Flashcards on Individual Learner Differences, created by Lisza Neumeier on 25/01/2020.
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