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Energy conservation theory for second language acquisition (ECT-L2A): a partial validation of kinetic energy–aptitude and motivation

open access: yesFrontiers in Physics, 2023
While language aptitude and motivation are important contributors to second language (L2) attainment, two major gaps in the past research have been 1) a lack of non-linear models stemming from a naïve and tacit assumption that learning outcomes are ...
Peter Kim
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Indonesian EFL students’ views on their explicit and implicit language aptitude profiles, TOEFL scores and language proficiency.

open access: yesJournal of English Education and Teaching, 2021
This study is designed to find out students’ views on their explicit and implicit language aptitude profiles, TOEFL scores and language proficiency. Based on purposive sampling scheme, the data were collected from sixty-five students in the end of their ...
Kartini Tobroni   +2 more
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Language Aptitude and Crosslinguistic Influence in Initial L2 Learning

open access: yesJournal of the European Second Language Association, 2020
Language-learning aptitude and crosslinguistic similarity between learners’ first language (L1) and the target second language (L2) are both known to facilitate successful L2 learning.
Lars Bokander
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Musical aptitude, working memory, general intelligence and plurilingualism: When adults learn to read fluently in a foreign language

open access: yesCogent Education, 2021
Studies over the past two decades have provided relevant data on the relationship between music and reading abilities although they fundamentally refer to aspects of the first language reading process of young children.
M.C Fonseca-Mora   +3 more
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Individual differences in foreign language aptitude and its relation to fluid and crystallized intelligence [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная зарубежная психология, 2018
This article presents the empirical results of the study on the interaction between fluid and crystallized intelligence and individual differences in foreign language aptitude.
Gavrilova E.V.
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The Roles of Language Aptitude and Online Self-regulated Learning in Foreign Language Achievements

open access: yesLanguage Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
Despite extensive use of online language learning during the pandemic of COVID, there is insufficient research on what factors influence students’ foreign language achievements in online learning conditions.
Chunxi Liu, Yanpeng Jiao, Wenlu Qiu
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Language learning aptitude in older adults

open access: yesJournal of the European Second Language Association, 2023
Recent developments in language learning aptitude research have generated renewed interest in the topic, especially with regard to the distinction between aptitude for explicit and implicit learning.
Karen Roehr-Brackin   +2 more
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A Need for an Aptitude Test for Young Learners in Catalan: The Case of the Modern Language Aptitude Test – Elementary in Catalan

open access: yesLanguage Teaching Research Quarterly, 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.
M. Suárez
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The Contribution of Music Abilities and Phonetic Aptitude to L2 Accent Faking Ability

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
This study examined how second language (L2) speakers’ individual differences in music perception abilities, singing abilities and phonetic aptitude relate to their L2 phonological awareness. To measure participants’ L2 phonological awareness, we used an
Marion Coumel   +3 more
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Auditory Cortex Morphology Predicts Language Learning Potential in Children and Teenagers

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2019
In two recent studies, we identified neuroanatomical and neurofunctional markers of musical aptitude, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder and dyslexia in the auditory cortex (AC) of children.
Sabrina Turker   +4 more
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