APTITUDE IN SECOND LANGUAGE AQUISITION

JURUSAN PENDIDIKAN BAHASA INGGRIS

STKIP MUHAMMADIYAH BULUKUMBA
2014/2015

BY:

GROUP IV

Alfridha Dwi Putri

Karimatunnisa

A. Nurul Musdalifah
Andriana

Aptitude

Carroll and Sapon :

Aptitude as a complex of basic
abilities that are essential to
facilitate foreign language learning

Umbrella-term

It refers to special abilities to learn

quickly

Phonemic
Coding ability
Grammatical
Sensitivity
MLAT
Inductive
Language
Learning Ability
Memory and
Learning

Aptitude Test

Auditory
Factors
PLAB
Less on
Memory

Process of
interlanguage
development
especially in
classroom learning

Combined effects of interrelationship

and interplay of various individual
differences on language learning.
It is rather obvious that in some cases it
is almost impossible to distinguish
between the areas of, for example,
aptitude and general intelligence, or
aptitude and learning styles.

SLA and
Aptitude

Does leanguage learning aptitude relate to the

phenomenon of native like or near-native L2 ultimate
attainment by adult leaners????

Individuals who have a high language

aptitude are better equipped to learn an L2
in adulthood than individuals who have less
aptitude, and that aptitude might even help
children who acquire an L2

Aptitude runs to risk of circularity. It is difficult to assess the causal role aptitude
plays in L2 acquisition when other potential predictor variables are not
investigated, such as motivation have often been reported to influence level of
proficiency in an L2.

CONCLUSION
Aptitude is a factor in the process of language
learning.

Despite

undemocratic,

the

aptitude

claims
does

that
play

it
a

is
very

significant role in L2 learning. Students will have

the opportunity to receive better instruction,
adjusted to their needs. On a broader level,
exploration of the notion (or maybe notions) of
aptitude will certainly have major implications for
a detailed explanation of human cognitive abilities
and learning processes.

Sekian,,,,and Thanks.!!!!!!!

Jika ada
Salah.