Abstract This thesis is on the basis of the studies of inpidual differences in Second Language Acquisition (short for SLA) research and its application in foreign language teaching. Even now there is no a peculiar connection between a particular view of SLA and a particular theory of foreign language teaching, our teaching activities undoubtedly reflect our view of SLA. That is, findings of SLA provide a body of knowledge for teachers to evaluate their own pedagogic practice. And, one of the most significant parts in SLA research is inpidual learner factors. As we all know China has the largest number of learners of English as a foreign language in the world. The learning situations and arms of English learners vary from person to person. So, it is necessary to conduct a research into them. Just as Oxford says, in case teachers do not know their students at all, how do they trigger their students? In this paper, discussion will be restricted to three general inpidual factors which have received the most attention in SLA research: age, personality and motivation. The research will, to some extent, not only bloom the SLA study, but also help language teachers to learn more about their students.53836
Keywords: second language acquisition; foreign language teaching; inpidual differences.
摘要本文以二语习得的个体差异因素为基础，结合国内外外语教学的研究理论，分析了个体差异因素在外语教学中的运用。目前，对于二语习得理论与外语教学的研究的联系还没有一个统一的说法，但是，活生生的教学实践确实是二语习得理论的最好体现。也就是说，二语习得为语言教师提供语言教学理论知识，从而指导他们的教学活动或教学实践。在这些指导实践理论中，个体差异论是其中一个。他可以帮助语言教师全面的了解自己的学生。中国的英语学习者是世界上最多的，这就很有必要必要去研究这些学习者，因为这些因素都是因人而异的。正如牛津教授所说：“ 一位老师，如果不了解自己的学生，那他怎么去激发和引导他的学生呢？” 在这篇文章中，主要围绕着三个最主要的个体差异因素：年龄，个性和学习动机。这个研究，在某种程度上，不仅是对二语习得研究深入发展，也帮助语言教师更好的了解自己的学生。
毕业论文关键词：二语习得；外语教学；个性差异
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Literature Review 1
3. Several Factors Affect Foreign Language Teaching 2
4. Age 2
4.1 Age in SLA 2
4.2 Age in Foreign Language Teaching 3
5. Personality 5
5.1 Extroversion and Introversion 5
5.2 Personality in SLA 5
5.3 Personality in Foreign Language Teaching 7
6. Motivation in SLA and Pedagogical Implication 7
6.1 Instrumental and Integrative 8
6.2 Resultative Motivation 9
6.3 Intrinsic Motivation 10
7. Conclusion 11
Works Cited 12
1. Introduction
Inpidual differences are one of the research parts of SLA. Real-life observations tell us that even if L2 learners can be shown to be following a common developmental route they differ greatly in the degree of ultimate success which they achieve(Wang Dong, 2009: 169). This is one of the hot spots in SLA. As English is the compulsory subject in our country, we conduct a research about the learners has great significant. For this reason, this paper will explore and discuss three dimensions here, namely, age, personality and motivation, for which have gained much attention in this research field. In the first part, I mainly concern the age factors, for it is the most controversial topic in SLA research. For the second part and the third part, I focus on the personality factors and motivation of the learners, both two factors are so important because their pedagogic application. I hope both SLA researchers and language teachers will be interested in this thesis. 论个体差异和外语教学:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_57999.html