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o Definition: a generał academic or reasoning ability o Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences Linguistic

Logical-mathematical

Spatial

Musical

Bodily-kinaesthetic

Interpersonal

Intrapersonal

Language aptitude

o definition: a set of cognitive abilities needed for SLA

o components

phonemic coding ability

grammatical sensitivity

inductive language learning ability

rotę learning

Cognitive style

o Definition: the manner in which people perceive, conceptualise, organise, and recall information.

o Field dependence/Field independence (perception)

a.    Holistic

b.    Discrete

o Broad categorisation/narrow categorisation (conceptualisation)

a.    Easy generalisation

b.    Difficult generalisation

o Reflectivity/impulsivity (reaction to uncertainty)

a.    Analysis

b.    Guess

o Convergent thinking/divergent thinking (number of cognitive operations to solve a problem)

a.    One

b.    Morę than one

o Sense modality preference a. Aural