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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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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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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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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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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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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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Predicting language learners' grades in the L1, L2, L3 and L4: the effect of some psychological and sociocognitive variables [PDF]
, 2007 This study of 89 Flemish high-school students' grades for L1 (Dutch), L2 (French), L3 (English) and L4 (German) investigates the effects of three higher-level personality dimensions (psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism), one lower-level personality ...
Argyle M. +36 more
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Tracking the dynamic nature of learner individual differences: Initial results from a longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2020 Individual differences (IDs) have long been considered one of the most important factors explaining variable rates and outcomes in second language acquisition (Dewaele, 2013).
DiBartolomeo, Megan +6 more
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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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