ALDS 2203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Naimans, Ethnocentrism, Externality

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Applied Linguistics and Discourse Studies
• Course: ALDS 2203
• Professor: Trudy O' Brien

Document Summary

Personality, intelligence, aptitude, learning styles & strategies, anxiety & self-efficacy. = important factors in sla, but not directly linked to proficiency in all cases. 2 major factors which seem to be more directly linked: attitude, motivation. Interrelated aspects: motivation, self-efficacy & anxiety ehrman, 1996:148 (*quote in lecture slide*) A lot of research on these interrelated aspects of sla: most findings show that positive attitudes & motivation related to success in sla. Keep in mind: sometimes it"s hard to distinguish b/w attitude & motivation & there is no general agreement about definitions of terms. Stern (1983): 3 types of attitudes: attitudes toward community & ppl who speak l2 (i. e. , group-specific attitudes, attitudes toward learning language concerned, attitudes toward languages & language learning in general. Attitudes can be influenced by learner"s types of personality, i. e. , ethnocentric or authoritarian, or by social milieu in which learning takes place.