The Good Learner

1. Aptitude

1.1. Working Memory Capacity

1.2. Learning Speed

1.3. Analytic Skills

1.4. Grammar Sensitivity

1.5. Memorization

2. Opportunity

2.1. the Learner who has given the Opportunity to Practice the Language

2.2. the Learner who creates Opportunities by his/her own to Practice the Language

3. Low Anxiety Levels

3.1. Confidence when Speaking

3.2. Guessing during the Learning Process based on what the learners know about the social relationships between speakers, the setting, the event etc.

3.3. Risk- Taking

4. Efficient Learning Strategies

4.1. Learning strategies vary with: the task and what is required from the task (memorization, oral drill etc.), the learning stage, the age & the individual styles.

5. Making Errors

6. Tension

6.1. Helps learners to invest extra efford and push themselves to perform better

7. Motivation

7.1. Instrumental (learn in order to achieve practical goals)

7.2. Integrative (learn for personal interest)

8. Self regulation

9. Strong Drive to Communicate

9.1. Paraphrazes

9.2. Gestures

9.3. Cognats

9.4. Nominalization of Verbs

9.5. Verbalization of Nouns

10. Willingness to Learn

11. Extraversion

11.1. More chances to speak and use the L2