The third theory used in the present study is known as Lambert's Social Psychology Model which emphasize on the social and psychological aspects of second language learning (SLL). The theory is used to explain about individual differences (ID's) in language learning. ID's are one of the aspects which closely related to the success of second language acquisition (SLA) and second language learning (SLL) where the success and the failure of the processes are due to the different individual attributes.
There are various internal and external factors that might affect's learners' SLA and SLL (Bybee, 2001, 2008; Ellis, 2002, 2008; Tomasello, 2003) as cited in Paradis (2011). The factors might originate from the context where the learner stays and …show more content…
The ability of a learner to become bilingual through L2 learning and acquisition however, is affected by criteria namely aptitudes, attitudes, orientations, proficiency, and motivation. Lambert refers language attitudes as a way of thinking about or behaving towards something which formed or shaped by parents. Language orientation on the other hand, was defined as the direction of interest towards someone or something. Different individual has different language attitudes and orientation in learning English and this situation leads to different outcome of the language learning and …show more content…
Besides, learners with strong aptitude are expected to have better performance with proper orientation. Meanwhile, for learners with no aptitude, they still can have well performance through strong attitudes and motivation.
The present study uses the theory as one of the bases for ID's as the study tries to see the relation between learners' motivation levels in learning English with their language performance. The learners' most probably have different levels of motivations in learning English and the theory explains why such differences occur. Besides, the theory also explained the differences in motivation levels within the gender as the level of motivation in learning English and the language performance might not be the same even of the same
There are various internal and external factors that might affect's learners' SLA and SLL (Bybee, 2001, 2008; Ellis, 2002, 2008; Tomasello, 2003) as cited in Paradis (2011). The factors might originate from the context where the learner stays and …show more content…
The ability of a learner to become bilingual through L2 learning and acquisition however, is affected by criteria namely aptitudes, attitudes, orientations, proficiency, and motivation. Lambert refers language attitudes as a way of thinking about or behaving towards something which formed or shaped by parents. Language orientation on the other hand, was defined as the direction of interest towards someone or something. Different individual has different language attitudes and orientation in learning English and this situation leads to different outcome of the language learning and …show more content…
Besides, learners with strong aptitude are expected to have better performance with proper orientation. Meanwhile, for learners with no aptitude, they still can have well performance through strong attitudes and motivation.
The present study uses the theory as one of the bases for ID's as the study tries to see the relation between learners' motivation levels in learning English with their language performance. The learners' most probably have different levels of motivations in learning English and the theory explains why such differences occur. Besides, the theory also explained the differences in motivation levels within the gender as the level of motivation in learning English and the language performance might not be the same even of the same