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10 Characteristics of good language learner according to Stern

Stern (1975) mentioned some of the characteristics of good language learners as follows:

  1. Planning Strategy: A good language learners are always looking for ways of learning that is appropriate for themselves and learn how to imitate other people if matched with him.
  2. Active Strategy: A good language learners always actively involved in language learning activities.
  3. Emphatic Strategy: always good language learners develop positive attitudes toward learning L2 and L2 native speakers, as well as not afraid to make error.
  4. Formal Strategy: A good language learner always tries to master the L2 linguistic rules are studied.
  5. Experimental Strategy: A good language learners always play with the hypothesis of L2 linguistic rules and experimenting with that hypothesis.
  6. Semantic Strategy: in addition to attention to the rules of language L2, good language learners also focus on meaning. Therefore, in applying the rules of language is learned, he also emphasizes the leads of meaning (the message).
  7. Practice Strategy: A good language learners are aware that in order to master L2, he needs to practice with linguistic rules that have been learned.
  8. Communication Strategy: A good language learners always use the language learned to communicate with others.
  9. Monitoring Strategy: language learners who constantly monitor and critical to the development of learning outcome.
  10. Internalization Strategy: A good language learner always train yourself to think in L2 studies.