Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition

DOI

10.2991/isemss-19.2019.57How to use a DOI?

Keywords

individual differences, second language acquisition, personality, learning styles, learning strategies.

Abstract

There are a vast variety of factors that affect learners’ second language acquiring process. Among these variables, individual differences are of great importance. Individual differences consist of age, sex, affection, personality, cognitive styles, learning abilities, learning strategies, learning styles, etc. This paper will give priority to investigate the affect, personality, learning styles and learning strategies of learners during their second language acquiring processes. What is more, this paper is going to research and analyze the deep correlation between individual differences and second language acquisition via using a survey questionnaire as the research methodology. Depending on the research outcome, teaching implications will be presented in order to raise more teachers’ awareness of the significance of individual differences in second language acquisition.

Copyright

© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhu Ming
PY  - 2019/09
DA  - 2019/09
TI  - Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 297
EP  - 305
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/isemss-19.2019.57
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