Group: U2
PLAN:
01 Introduction to individual differences in SLL 02 Information Bank 04 Activity Humans differ from each other due to many biological or conditioned factors (affected by nature) or unconscious forces (affected by past experiences). The many ways in which one learns about these differences are usually similar, through introspection and interaction with other people, or by reading books and watching television or cinema.
However, in order to conduct research in individual differences, it is necessary to have rigorous instruments, and a scientific way of providing reliable and valid. The differences that one can explore are:.
01 03 02 04 AGE GENDER MOTIVATION APTITUDE LEARNING STRATEGIES LEARNING STYLES LEARNER BELIEFS PERSONALITY 06 05 07 08 Intelligence
IQ
Related to:
- Reading
- Grammar
-Vocabulary
Unrelated to:
- Oral production
French immersion programs in Canada
Fred Genesee (1976)
Is there a difference between male and female language learning?
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Attention paid Boys slightly better at math and girls slightly better at reading and literature.
Academic and cognitive differences in gender Boys are more likely to speak up during a class discussion .
Social differences Physically, boys tend to be more active than girls and are more prone than girls to rely on aggression.
Physical differences Teachers sometimes distribute praise and criticism differently to boys and girls.
Disturbuting praise and criticism Expressive nurturing is expected more often of girls and women, and a businesslike task orientation is expected more often of boys.
Public talk versus private talk
Motivation= Effort=Desire to achieve a goal + attitudes
Motivation
Motivation
Robert Gardner and Wallace Lambert (1972)
Integrative motivation Instrumental motivation “ I need English for my future career” “I want to learn English because it will be useful in getting a job”. “ I learnt English because it was an entry requirement for university” “I would like live in the country where it is spoken”. “I want to seek out more opportunities to interact with native speakers” “ I want to participate actively in the debates of native speakers”
AMTB (Gardner,1985)
AMTB (Gardner,1985)
Attitudes and Motivation Test Battery
It is also called Gardner’s test Battery. It was created in order to access motivation towards second language Learning strategies Metacognitive Affective Social Cognitive Memory Compensatory
Survey of adult international students in a communicative ESL program
Survey of adult international students in a communicative ESL program
CARLOS YORIO (1986)
77%
High level of dissatisfaction among the students
Communicative instruction focused on meaning and spontaneous communication in group-work interaction
Concerns expressed about the absence of attention to language form, corrective feedback or teacher-centered instruction
Their progress was negatively affected by an instructional approach that was not consistent with their beliefs
Two large-scale studies
Two large-scale studies
Renate Schulz (2001)
34%
98% 87% 55% Students
Add Text Teachers
Students
Teachers
Students desired to have their errors corrected
Teachers did as students expected
Students believed “formal acquisition of the language is significant for mastery of the study”
PERSONALITY Extroversion & introversion Self-esteem