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Peer reviewedGrigorenko, Elena L.; Sternberg, Robert J.; Ehrman, Madeline E. – Modern Language Journal, 2000
Presents a rationale, description, and partial construct validation of a new theory of foreign language aptitude: CANAL-F--Cognitive Ability for Novelty in Acquisition of Language (foreign). The theory was applied and implemented in a test of foreign language aptitude (CANAL-FT). Outlines the CANAL-F theory and details of its instrumentation…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Language Aptitude, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSternberg, Robert J. – Language Testing, 1995
Styles of thinking and learning are relevant for understanding and testing foreign-language aptitude. This article emphasizes one particular theory of styles, the theory of self-government, and discusses the nature of styles, gives some history of the concept of styles, describes styles in theory, describes measures of styles, and discusses the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Mapping, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
