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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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Effects of written languaging on second language learning: Mediating roles of aptitude
The Modern Language Journal, 2023 AbstractLanguaging—that is, using language to mediate thinking, orally or in writing—facilitates second language (L2) learning. As languaging requires the deliberate, analytical action of L2 learners, learners with higher language aptitude are likely to benefit more from languaging than those with lower aptitude.
Masako Ishikawa, Wataru Suzuki
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Arabiyat, 2017 This study aimed at investigating students’ beliefs about Arabic language learning across cultural background differences. The study used a questionnaire of Horwitz’s Beliefs about Language Learning (BALLI).
Nurul Wahdah, Moh. Ainin, M. Abdul Hamid
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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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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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Brain Sciences, 2018 Musical aptitude and language talent are highly intertwined when it comes to phonetic language ability. Research on pre-school children’s musical abilities and foreign language abilities are rare but give further insights into the relationship ...
Markus Christiner +1 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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Measuring Foreign Language Learning Aptitude. Polish Adaptation of The Modern Language Aptitude Test By Carroll and Sapon [PDF]
Poznań Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 2008 This article sets itself two main aims. The first is to describe the rationale behind the decision to adapt for Polish learners the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) by Carroll and Sapon (1959), rather than to develop a new measure. The reasons behind the decision are discussed in the context of the relevant individual differences (ID) research in ...
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Implicit Aptitude in SLA, in Contrast to Explicit Aptitude
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2020 Early conceptions of aptitude were concerned with explicit learning abilities in formal learning settings, which according to MLAT (Modern Language Aptitude Test) were measurable based on a phonemic coding ability, an inductive learning ability, an ...
Sue Min Park
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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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