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Peer reviewedKlein, Elaine C. – Language Learning, 1995
Investigates whether knowing more than one language enhances the learning of lexical items and syntactic constructions in other languages. Multilingual (M1) students outperformed unilinguals in both types of acquisition, suggesting that M1s' heightened metalinguistic skills, enhanced lexical knowledge, and a less conservative learning procedure…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, High School Students, Language Aptitude
Peer reviewedSasaki, Miyuki – Language Learning, 1993
Investigates relationships among measures of second-language proficiency (SLP), foreign-language aptitude, verbal intelligence and reasoning in 160 Japanese college students studying English. The factor analysis of several different SLP test scores was examined, and the relationship between a general SLP factor and a hypothetical general cognitive…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
