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Haiyong, Zhao; Shaoqian, Luo – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
The effect of language aptitude on grammar attainment of second language learners with different ages of onset became one of the hot topics in the last decades. However, most previous studies were conducted in a second language context with inconsistent results, and few studies were conducted in a foreign language context. To fill this gap, the…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Grammar, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Kourtali, Nektaria-Efstathia; Révész, Andrea – Language Learning, 2020
This study investigated the effects of task complexity on child learners' second language (L2) gains, the relationship between aptitude and L2 development, and the extent to which task complexity influences this relationship when recasts are provided. Sixty child EFL learners were assigned to two experimental groups. During the treatment, one…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis
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Verhoeven, Ludo; Steenge, Judit; van Balkom, Hans – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2012
Background: In the literature so far the limited research on specific language impairment (SLI) in bilingual children has concentrated on linguistic skills in the first language (L1) and/or the second language (L2) without paying attention to the relations between the two types of skills and to the issue of linguistic transfer. Aims: To examine…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Nonverbal Ability, Language Aptitude, Indo European Languages
Lee-Ellis, Sunyoung – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Due to their unique profile as childhood bilinguals whose first language (L1) became weaker than their second language (L2), heritage speakers can shed light on three key issues in bilingualism--timing, input, and cross-linguistic interaction. The heritage speakers of focus in this dissertation are Korean second generation immigrants mainly…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Korean Americans, Korean, Second Language Learning