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An Analysis of the Relationships between Test Takers' Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Use and Second Language Test Performance.

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Purpura, James Enos – Language Learning, 1997

Investigates the relationship between test takers' strategy and their performance on second-language tests (SLTP) comprising an 80-item Cognitive and Metacognitive Strategy Questionnaire and a 70-item standardized language test. Results explain SLTP by grammar and reading ability; cognitive processing by comprehending, storing, and retrieval…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Tests

Integrative Motivation: Cause or Result of Successful Second Language Acquisition?

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Strong, Michael – Language Learning, 1984

Examines the relationship between integrative motivation and acquired second language proficiency among Spanish-speaking kindergartners in an American classroom. Results show that the advanced children showed significantly more integrative orientation to the target language group than the beginners, suggesting that integrative attitudes follow…

Descriptors: Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Proficiency