The Contribution of Music Abilities and Phonetic Aptitude to L2 Accent Faking Ability
Languages, 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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Pitch ability as an aptitude for tone learning [PDF]
, 2016 Tone languages such as Mandarin use voice pitch to signal lexical contrasts, presenting a challenge for second/foreign language (L2) learners whose native languages do not use pitch in this manner. The present study examined components of an aptitude for
Bowles, Anita R. +2 more
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Students with language learning disabilities and difficulties in a foreign language classroom [PDF]
Specijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2016 The aim of this paper is to present a brief review of the factors significant for foreign language learning, with special emphasis on students with language learning disabilities and difficulties.
Ivančević-Otanjac Maja
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Explicit and implicit aptitude effects on second language speech learning: scrutinizing segmental and suprasegmental sensitivity and performance via behavioural and neurophysiological measures [PDF]
, 2019 The current study examines the role of cognitive and perceptual individual differences (i.e., aptitude) in second language (L2) pronunciation learning, when L2 learners’ varied experience background is controlled for.
Saito, Kazuya, Sun, Hui, Tierney, Adam
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Aptitude, experience and second language pronunciation proficiency development in classroom settings: a longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2018 The current study longitudinally examined the influence of aptitude on second language (L2) pronunciation development when 40 first-year Japanese university students engaged in practice activities inside and outside English-as-a-Foreign-Language ...
Saito, Kazuya, Sun, H., Suzukida, Y.
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The impact of second- and third-language learning on language aptitude and working memory [PDF]
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020 An increasing number of adults learn more than one foreign language simultaneously. While the cognitive benefits of using multiple languages from birth have been studied extensively, little is known about possible cognitive benefits of learning multiple languages simultaneously in adulthood.
Ting Huang +2 more
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Metalinguistic Knowledge and Language Ability in University-Level L2 Learners [PDF]
, 2007 Existing research indicates that instructed learners' L2 proficiency and their metalinguistic knowledge are moderately correlated. However, the operationalization of the construct of metalinguistic knowledge has varied somewhat across studies ...
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Working memory and second language development: A complex, dynamic future? [PDF]
, 2020 Working memory (WM) is inherently dynamic and complex, being a multi-faceted system that links storage and processing components; yet it is widely understood as internal.
Jackson, Daniel O.
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EFL learners’ beliefs about language learning along gender, further education in language institutes & different proficiency levels [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of the present study was to understand the beliefs of Iranian EFL learners’ about language learning. This study was an attempt to understand if there was any relationship between gender, proficiency level and further education in language ...
Mukundan, Jayakaran, Nahavandi, Naemeh
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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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