Cognitive Influences on Language Learning

Cognitive Influences on Language Learning

1. Intelligence the G factor

   • Traditional definition (IQ tests)
     • Logico- mathematical
     • Linguistic
       • SLA learning in formal settings
   • Gardner's multiple intelligences
     • Intra personal
       • Communicative SLA learning
     • Musical
     • Bodily-kinesthetic
     • Interpersonal
     • Spatial
     • Naturalistic

2. Language aptitude