Group member: Deman, Noora, Aziz, Janet, Evelyn, Kate

1.What do we mean by term aptitude?

According to our group’s view aptitude is a concept of desire, natural abilities and it is combined with talent that push learners to learn and absorb the target language. Also we thought that aptitude is something between talent and desire that motivate learner to learn new language.

2. Is every one able to learn a foreign language? Why? Why not?

There are some factors that have influence on learners to create the aptitude. Firstly this can be done by the speed of time with certain circumstances, for instance if the learner is interested in learning certain language, his/her aptitude will be much higher for acquiring that language, second factor is related to age of the learners whether the learner have long span attention or short one i.e. if learner have a long span attention, they are likely to learn new language quickly and their aptitude probably will be much higher than those who has short attention. Hence, the only differences is that some learners acquire language very well than the others, and this related to the third factor which is environment i.e. some learners are surrounded by the learning environment since their childhood that permit them to have a huge aptitude about learning language .

3. What do you think of your own aptitude for learning a foreign language?

According to this question our group have different views in terms of aptitude such as having passion, desire, and curiosity that pushed them to develop their aptitude and being exposure in learning new language.

4. Relating to the quiz, all of us were surprised bout question number (12) and (17), and we thought that these kinds of question have a certain rules for guessing and it is interested for imagination.