Metalinguistic Awareness and Individual Language Learners in Foreign Language Learning

Abstract

Individual differences in language learning are an interesting object, as well as those found in foreign learning. Individual differences defined as diverse characteristics and personalities. Metalinguistic awareness becomes an internal factor in the process of second language acquisition and foreign language learning. It’s two perspectives as declarative aspect and procedural aspect of metalinguistic awareness defining. Declarative aspect claimed that language as an object of thought but emphasize the aspects of knowledge and awareness. Procedural aspect claimed that metalinguistic awareness is the operations used in comprehension or production. Do the differences in individuals develop metalinguistic awareness in second language acquisition and foreign language learning or metalinguistic awareness help individual differences in second language acquisition and foreign language learning? Both questions or statements above become the formulation of the problem in the article to answer about the role of metalinguistic awareness and individual differences in the process of foreign