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Sixty years of second language aptitude research: A systematic quantitative literature review
Language and Linguistics Compass, 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 ...
J. Chalmers +3 more
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Aptitude and experience as predictors of grammatical proficiency in adult Greek-English bilinguals
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 It has been shown that individuals exhibit great variability in second language (L2) ultimate attainment. Some speakers reach native-like proficiency, others only achieve a rudimentary command and many lie in the middle.
Leonarda Prela +4 more
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The Effect of Language Aptitude on Recast-Driven L2 Morphosyntax Acquisition: An Overview
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2022 The purpose of this paper is to review several studies on the effects of language aptitude on the recast-driven acquisition of L2 morphosyntax. Recasts are one of the most commonly used forms of corrective feedback in second language (L2) classrooms.
Ruirui Jia
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Apt to change: The problematic of language awareness and language aptitude in age-related research
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014 Language awareness and language aptitude often crop up in discussion of various second language acquisition phenomena, including age-related phenomena. There is a troublesome and ongoing definitional and theoretical problem in this connection: Different ...
David Singleton
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Language aptitude: Desirable trait or acquirable attribute?
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017 The traditional definition of language aptitude sees it as “an individual’s initial state of readiness and capacity for learning a foreign language, and probable facility in doing so given the presence of motivation and opportunity” (Carroll, 1981, p. 86)
David Singleton
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Phonetically Gifted Students – on the Language Aptitude Components [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, 2020 The focal point of the article is to explore the notion of language aptitude from the perspective of phonetically gifted students. The introductory part includes an overview of primary as well as contemporary theories and research findings regarding the ...
Katarzyna Zalisz
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Investigating language aptitude in the success of adult second language acquisition
Journal of Adult Learning, Knowledge and Innovation, 2021 The present study was conducted by using mixed methods design to investigate the role of language aptitude in second language acquisition (SLA). The quantitative method involved Hungarian adults (N = 27) of two kinds of schools: a technical school and ...
Anna Zólyomi
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Journal of the European Second Language Association, 2021 The ability to learn a foreign language, language aptitude, is known to differ between individuals. To better understand second-language learning, language aptitude tests, tapping into the different components of second-language learning aptitude, are ...
Momo Mikawa, Nivja H. De Jong
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Probing the Internal Validity of the LLAMA Language Aptitude Tests
Language Learning, 2020 Over the past decade, the LLAMA language aptitude test battery has come to play an increasingly important role as an instrument in research on individual differences in language development.
Lars Bokander, Emanuel Bylund
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Six Decades of Research on Language Aptitude: An Introduction
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2020 This forum is dedicated to the discussion on language aptitude and is motivated by a talk by Professor Shaofeng Li (2020) titled Six decades of research on language aptitude: a systemic and critical review, organized in the Fall of 2020 by Columbia ...
Peter Kim
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