Factors in Language Learning

Factors in Language Learning

1. Internal Factors

   • Cognitive Factors
     • Intelligence
       • IQ Test (Intelligence Quotient)
     • Aptitude
       • Memorize new words
       • Identify and memorize new sounds
       • Figure out grammatical rules from language samples
       • Understand the function of particular words in sentences
     • Age
     • Language learning strategies
       • Organization
       • Rehearsal
       • Monitoring
       • Planning
   • Affective Factors
     • Language attitudes
       • Positive
       • Negative
       • Neutral
     • Self-efficacy
       • Ability
       • Effort
       • Perceived difficulty of a task
       • Luck
     • Personality
       • Thinking
       • Feeling
       • Intuition
       • Extroversion
       • Judging
       • Perceiving
       • Sensing
       • Introversion
     • Self-esteem
       • Global self-esteem
       • Situational self-esteem
       • Task self-esteem
     • Anxiety
       • Communication apprehension
       • Fear of negative social evaluation
       • Test anxiety

2. External Factors

   • Access to native speakers
   • Culture and status
   • Instruction
   • Curriculum
   • Motivation
     • Extrinsic
       • Achieving in standardized tests for employment
       • Competition in the classroom
       • Achieving in standardized tests for study abroad
     • Intrinsic
       • Motivation that combination of attitudes and aspirations
       • Attitudes toward learning
       • Integrativeness