methodology class23/03/2011

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Personality factors in second languge acquisition.

There are two sides, a cognitive side, and the other is affective side that refers to emotions or feelings, these feelings could be about us or other.

According to Bloom there are 5 levels of the affective domain in the S.L.A.  The first one is RECIVING. A person must be aware of the environment and willing to receive a stimulus. The second level is RESPONDING, you must respond according to the stimulus, the next step to this process is VALUING in this part you value according your relives, the fourth lever is the ORGANIZATION OF VALUES. Last level is the VALUE OF SYSTEM; this is the step when you have a word view you can choice what is wrong or right.

In this chapter also said about self esteem, is the way that we value ourselves this could be approval or disapproval judgment of us.

There is also inhibition, this means that we built defense to protect our egos. This protection starts in childhood and continues into adulthood.

Another factor is risk taking for a S.L.A is very important to take a risk, if you don’t take a risk you don’t try o practice. Learners who have a higher self esteem are more willing to take a risk.

Anxiety is the problem to control our emotions. There are two levels of anxiety. One is trail anxiety that is permanent is kind of a problem for the student, because they are anxious all the time and for many things. The other type is state anxiety; this type of anxiety is on specific situations for example, in a test, a presentation. This type of anxiety doesn’t mean that is part or our personality.

Empathy is understand the point of view of other person. This factor is important to communication, because you need to understand the other person’s affective and cognate state.