1. People with high IQs are good
Language Learners

2. The most important factor in
second language acquisition
success is motivation

3. Learners who want to learn tend
to do better than those who
don’t.

4. 1. Differences in language
learning aptitude.

5. 2. Circular cause and effect
relationship between motivation
and success in second language
learning.

6. The more one succeeds, the
greater one’s motivation; the
greater one’s motivation, the
more one succeeds.

7. 3. Classroom teachers can
develop positive motivation.