What have I learned

1. Affective factors

1.1. Motivation

1.2. Age

1.3. Personality

1.4. 1st language development

1.5. Critical period

1.6. Quality of instruciton

1.7. Cognitive ability

1.8. Access to the language

1.9. Successful / unsuccessful language learners

2. 1st language acquisitions

2.1. Behavioristic approach

2.2. Nativist approach

2.3. Interactionist approach

3. Language aptitude

3.1. The auditory ability

3.2. The lingustic ability

3.2.1. Included

3.2.2. Included

3.2.3. Excluded

3.3. The memory ability

3.3.1. Short term memory

3.3.2. Long term memory

3.4. Talanted language learners

4. Stages of language learning

4.1. Babbling

4.1.1. 6 - 8 months

4.2. 1 word stage

4.2.1. 9 - 18 months

4.3. 2 word stage

4.3.1. 18 - 24 months

4.4. Early multiword stage

4.4.1. 24 - 30 months

4.5. Later multiword stage

4.5.1. 30+ months

5. Intelligence theories

5.1. The successful intelligence theory

5.1.1. Analytical

5.1.2. Creative

5.1.3. Practical

5.2. The multiple intelligence theory

5.3. The musical theory

5.4. 8 intelligences

5.4.1. Musical

5.4.2. Linguistic

5.4.3. Spatial

5.4.4. Naturalist

5.4.5. Bodily - kinesthetic

5.4.6. Interpersonal

5.4.7. Intrapersonal

5.4.8. Logical - mathematical

6. TBL

6.1. Pre-task

6.2. Task

6.3. Post-task

6.4. One-way/ two-way tasks; closed/open tasks

7. Communicative competence

7.1. CALP

7.1.1. Dependencies

7.1.2. Milestones

7.2. BICS

7.2.1. Schedule

7.2.2. Budget

7.3. 4 subcategories

7.3.1. Grammatical competence

7.3.2. Discourse competence

7.3.3. Strategic competence

7.3.4. Sociolinguistic competence

7.4. NVC (nonverbal communications)

7.4.1. Kinesics

7.4.2. Eye contact

7.4.3. Proxemics

7.4.4. Artifacts

7.4.5. Kinesthetics

7.4.6. Old factory dimensions