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2018
In recent years, research has shown that the neurocognition of language, e.g. how language is learned, stored and retrieved, differs between men and women. To a certain extent, these findings could be linked to differences in brain structure and function, especially the gender specific connectivity of the brain and convergent activation patterns during
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In recent years, research has shown that the neurocognition of language, e.g. how language is learned, stored and retrieved, differs between men and women. To a certain extent, these findings could be linked to differences in brain structure and function, especially the gender specific connectivity of the brain and convergent activation patterns during
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Aptitude for learning a foreign language
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2001What has happened with the construct of foreign language aptitude since 1990, at which time symposium participants from around the world agreed that the "Time has come to rethink the notion of what constitutes aptitude to learn foreign languages?" To answer this question, we begin with a review of studies on foreign language aptitude and its ...
Richard Sparks, Leonore Ganschow
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Cognitive aptitudes for second language learning and the LLAMA Language Aptitude Test
2013The LLAMA Language Aptitude Tests (Meara 2005) are a set of exploratory tests designed to assess aptitude for second language (L2) learning. In its current or earlier version (i.e. the LLAMA or LAT), this battery of four subtests has been used in an increasing number of studies in the second language acquisition field.
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THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF LANGUAGE APTITUDE
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the construct validity of language aptitude by synthesizing the existing research that has been accumulated over the past five decades. The study aimed to provide a thorough understanding of the construct by aggregating the data reported in the primary research on its correlations with other individual ...
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LANGUAGE APTITUDE AND GRAMMATICAL DIFFICULTY
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2016This study investigates the relationship between foreign language aptitude and the learning of two English structures defined as easy or difficult to learn. Using a quasiexperimental design, 66 secondary-level learners of English as a foreign language from three intact classes were provided with four hours of instruction on thepassive(a difficult ...
Şebnem Yalçın, Nina Spada
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APTITUDE AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2005Recent second language acquisition (SLA) research into the cognitive abilities implicated in implicit, incidental, and explicit learning, and in learning and performance on tasks differing in their information processing demands has prompted new theoretical frameworks for conceptualizing L2 aptitude. This research is reviewed and related to measures of
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Teacher Feedback and Language Aptitude
Studies in English Education, 2017The present study explores the effectiveness of two different corrective feedback (CF) moves in the learning of two English target features (English question formation and comparatives) and whether language aptitude mediates the extent to which learners benefit from the two CF moves in the process.
Seonyoung Park, Jaemyung Goo
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Language Aptitude Theory and Practice
2023The last few years have witnessed exponential growth in research output within the field of language aptitude. With contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date overview of developments in language aptitude theory and practice.
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