iNDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNINGINTELLIGENCE Intelligence is defined as "ability or abilitiesto acquire and use knowledge for solvingproblems and adapting to the world." (108)By solving problems, intelligence offers a wayin which to learn different methods ofreceiving information.Each of us exhibits different levels of intelligence( IQ) and alsoparts of our brain are more developed than others(multipleintelligences).The nature of intelligence involves: "the capacityto learn, the total knowledge a person has acquired, and theability to adapt to new situation and the environment ingeneral