A Need for an Aptitude Test for Young Learners in Catalan: The Case of the Modern Language Aptitude Test – Elementary in Catalan [PDF]
, 2022 Young learners’ language aptitude is understudied due to a lack of tests covering this period of life. Young learners, in contrast with adults, are still acquiring their L1.
Maria-del-Mar Suárez
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Possibilities and Caveats of Implicit Language Aptitude Measurements [PDF]
, 2022 This paper probes into implicit language aptitude (LA), a set of cognitive abilities that showcase learners’ unconscious, automatic second language (L2) attainment.
Yinjie Tang, Luo Shaoqian
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Where Does Language Aptitude Come From? Redux [PDF]
, 2022 This paper examines evidence for relationships among individual differences (IDs) in L1 achievement, L2 aptitude, and L2 achievement. It begins by providing an overview of my academic journey from L1 educator to L2 researcher and explains the development
Richard L. Sparks
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Is language aptitude immune to experience? Divergent evidence from bilingualism vs. blindness
, 2023 Research articles on language aptitude, both past and recent, nearly without exception start off with a summative definition of the construct itself, declaring that language aptitude is generally considered to be a largely innate and relatively fixed ...
Abrahamsson, Niclas,, Smeds, Helena,
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The Impact of Language Aptitude on Grammar Attainment of EFL Learners with Different Ages of Onset in the Chinese Context [PDF]
, 2022 The effect of language aptitude on grammar attainment of second language learners with different ages of onset became one of the hot topics in the last decades.
Zhao Haiyong, Luo Shaoqian
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The UKCAT-12 study: educational attainment, aptitude test performance, demographic and socio-economic contextual factors as predictors of first year outcome in a cross-sectional collaborative study of 12 UK medical schools [PDF]
, 2013 Most UK medical schools use aptitude tests during student selection, but large-scale studies of predictive validity are rare. This study assesses the United Kingdom Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT), and its four sub-scales, along with measures of ...
I C McManus +15 more
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Predictive validity of the UK clinical aptitude test in the final years of medical school:a prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) was designed to address issues identified with traditional methods of selection. This study aims to examine the predictive validity of the UKCAT and compare this to traditional selection methods in the ...
Alistair Mathieson +9 more
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Sixty years of second language aptitude research : A systematic quantitative literature review
, 2021 Second language (L2) aptitude has been broadly defined as the rate and ease of initially acquiring a second language. Historically, L2 aptitude has been understood as a stable trait that predetermined L2 achievement, regardless of individual learners ...
Chalmers, James +13 more
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Hanggong uju uihakoeji, 2021 Purpose: The purpose of this study is to consider ways to strengthen it through comparison and curriculum while recognizing the importance of global competencies in liberal arts education in universities.Methods: In order to explore ways to reinforce the
Mijin Ra
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Perfectionism and aptitude test performance: Testees who strive for perfection achieve better test results [PDF]
, 2007 Positive conceptions of perfectionism (Stoeber & Otto, 2006) suggest that perfectionistic strivings may form part of a healthy pursuit of excellence and are associated with higher academic achievement and higher performance in laboratory tasks. To extend
Stoeber, Joachim +2 more
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