Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Source
| Annual Review of Applied… | 1 |
| Educational Studies | 1 |
| Studies in Second Language… | 1 |
| Studies in Second Language… | 1 |
| Working Papers in Educational… | 1 |
Author
| Biedron, Adriana | 1 |
| Citron, James L. | 1 |
| Croll, Paul | 1 |
| Ganschow, Leonore | 1 |
| MacWhinney, Brian | 1 |
| Skehan, Peter | 1 |
| Sparks, Richard | 1 |
Publication Type
| Information Analyses | 6 |
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBiedron, Adriana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This state-of-the art paper focuses on the poorly explored issue of foreign language aptitude, attempting to present the latest developments in this field and reconceptualizations of the construct from the perspective of neuroscience. In accordance with this goal, it first discusses general directions in neurolinguistic research on foreign…
Descriptors: Neurology, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Neurolinguistics
Peer reviewedSkehan, Peter – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1991
A review of how second-language acquisition research accounts for individual differences focuses on research on aptitude, motivation, learning strategies, and learning styles and discusses such conceptual and methodological issues as data quantification, points of contact between variables, the multicausal nature of language learning, hypothesis…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Language Aptitude, Language Research
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard; Ganschow, Leonore – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2001
Review research on foreign language aptitude and its measurement prior to 1990. Describes research areas in the 1990s, including affective variables, language learning strategies, learning styles as contributors to aptitude and aptitude as a cognitive construct affected by language variables. Reviews research on individual differences and the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences, Language Aptitude
Peer reviewedCroll, Paul – Educational Studies, 1995
Reports on a longitudinal study on the effects of students' early linguistic development and family background on test performance when the students reach the end of their compulsory schooling years. Finds a considerable degree of continuity between early language development and later examination performance. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Educational Background, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence
Citron, James L. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1993
The term "ethno-lingual relativity" is defined as a perspective that is not limited by one's own cultural and linguistic experiences, but rather is open to the contrasting cultural and linguistic patterns of other peoples. It is hypothesized that having an ethno-lingually relative perspective can facilitate one's ability to learn a new language.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
MacWhinney, Brian – 1994
Drawing on recent psychological and neurological research on how individual differences might interact with learning a particular language, the study examines how psycholinguistic research and theory can help in assigning military personnel to language training and to a given language. Using the Defense Language Institute's Defense Language…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Difficulty Level, English
