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Download full textStansfield, Charles W. – 1989
Foreign language aptitude was the subject of much research in the 1950s and has been the subject of intermittent research for the last 30 years. Aptitude is measured by the amount of time it takes an individual to learn. Foreign language aptitude appears to differ from general aptitude or intelligence. One theory states that foreign language…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Research Needs
Crandall, JoAnn; Jaramillo, Ann; Olsen, Laurie; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – 2002
Immigrant students in secondary schools face a number of obstacles as they make the transition to schooling in the United States. In addition to adjusting to a new country and school system, they must also learn academic content in a new language. Because these students come from a variety of ethnic, educational, and economic backgrounds,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Learning Strategies
