Language Learning Aptitude and Autonomous EFL Acquisition: The Context of the Arabic Speaking Adult EFL Learners

This framework approach paper analyzes the case of the adult Arabic speaking autonomous EFL learners in an attempt to develop a tool that enables them to assess their English learning aptitude and discover whether they enjoy it for effective learning. Devising the framework involved comprising three theories: Feng’s, 2015 learner autonomous vocabulary acquisition; along with Carroll & Sapon’s,1959 Implicit language aptitude as well as Schmitt's, 1997, vocabulary learning strategies (VLS). The paper targets the wide population of adults who are keen on learning English language out of school premises and college campuses. The participants are the adults above 25 years old and they include employees of different professions as well as jobless. The paper finally produces a framework of a self-assessment forms as a convenient tool for gauging language aptitude.