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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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Good English Pronunciation Users and their Pronunciation Learning Strategies [PDF]
, 2015 The study investigates pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by those with good English pronunciation, as well as their beliefs concerning the variables that affect pronunciation competence.
Szyszka, Magdalena
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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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, 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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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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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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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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Distributional effects and individual differences in L2 morphology learning [PDF]
, 2016 Second language (L2) learning outcomes may depend on the structure of the input and learners’ cognitive abilities. This study tested whether less predictable input might facilitate learning and generalization of L2 morphology while evaluating ...
Brooks, Patricia J. +2 more
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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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