iNDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING INTELLIGENCE Intelligence is defined as "ability or abilitiesto acquire and use knowledge for solving problems 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