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, 2022 In this introductory chapter, we first provide a brief overview of research paradigms of language aptitude testing and theory construction in the past six decades, summarizing the major achievements and innovations in research methodologies. Following this, we discuss the background and rationale of the current volume, highlighting the key contents of ...
Zhisheng (Edward) Wen +2 more
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Journal of Intelligence, 2023 Previous research suggests that musical ability is associated with language processing and foreign language pronunciation. Whether musical ability is associated with the ability to generate intelligible unfamiliar utterances has not been investigated ...
Markus Christiner +3 more
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Foreign language aptitude [PDF]
ELT Journal, 2011 Experience tells us that some people learn a second or foreign language with greater ease, more quickly, or with apparently better results than others. One perspective on this phenomenon is the concept of Foreign Language Aptitude (FLA). Originally, the notion of FLA presumed a relatively stable talent for learning a foreign language that differs ...
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Ilha do Desterro, 2011 The present paper proposes and argues a case for incorporating the working memory (WM) construct as a component of foreign language aptitude. As such, it first briefly reviews previous research on foreign language aptitude, which lays the ground for the ...
Zhisheng Wen, Peter Skehan
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دراسات: العلوم التربوية, 2022 The study aims to identify the effect of teaching based on the strategies of TRIZ and Aptitude on the development of imaginative thinking and metacognition in Arabic language among a sample of students in the seventh grade of primary school in the State
Noura Alenzi
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SAGE Open, 2020 This study examined the simultaneous effects of L2 individual difference (ID) variables (aptitude, motivation, strategy use, language processing experience, and gender) on English as a foreign language (EFL) breadth and depth of L2 vocabulary knowledge ...
Sunjung Lee
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Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The presence of antibiotics in water not only causes environmental pollution but also increases the growth of antibiotic‐resistant bacterial genes, which pose serious threats to human beings and other water residents. Large numbers of people are reportedly affected by the resistant bacterial genes, as many broad‐spectrum antibiotics are not ...
Amir Zada, Shohreh Azizi
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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Personality factors as predictors of foreign language aptitude
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011 The study addresses a problem which is inadequately investigated in second language acquisition research, that is, personality predictors of foreign language aptitude.
Adriana Biedroń
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The role of cognitive individual differences in digital versus pen-and-paper writing
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2022 It is unknown whether and to what extent cognitive individual differences may play different roles in paper versus computer-based second language (L2) writing.
Olena Vasylets +2 more
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