Browsing 01.THE SECOND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, MIND AND LEARNER'S COGNITIVE CAPACITIES March, 7th/8th 2016 University of Eloued by Author "GHEDEIR BRAHIM, Mohammed"
(University of Eloued جامعة الوادي, 2016-03-07) GHEDEIR BRAHIM, Mohammed
Second language learners are different. It is proved that they learn with different
speed and different results. The general factors that influence second language
learning according to Ellis (1985) are intelligence and aptitude, and cognitive learning
styles.
This paper aims in the first place to elaborate cognitivism and its implications to the
second language learning by analyzing the three views on second language
acquisition (the behaviorist view, the innatist view, and the interactionist view).
In the second place, the present study describes language proficiency and the
influence of cognition on second language acquisition. Then the study sheds light on
intelligence and aptitude, and cognitive learning styles as key cognitive factors
influencing second language (L2) learning.