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The Associations between Implicit and Explicit Language Aptitude and the Effects of the Timing of Corrective Feedback
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Fu, Mengxia; Li, Shaofeng – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2021
This study examines the associations between implicit and explicit language aptitude and the effects of the timing of corrective feedback (CF). A total of 112 seventh-grade EFL learners were assigned to three groups: Immediate CF, Delayed CF, and Task Only. The three groups underwent three treatment sessions during which they performed six focused…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Feedback (Response), Middle School Students, Grade 7
Functional Outcomes of Adolescents with a History of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) with and without Autistic Symptomatology
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Durkin, Kevin; Conti-Ramsden, Gina; Simkin, Zoe – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
This study investigates whether the level of language ability and presence of autistic symptomatology in adolescents with a history of SLI is associated with differences in the pattern of difficulties across a number of areas of later functioning. Fifty-two adolescents with a history of SLI participated. At age 14, 26 participants had a history of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Academic Achievement, Mental Health, Friendship
Confidence: A Better Predictor of Academic Achievement than Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept and Anxiety?
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Stankov, Lazar; Lee, Jihyun; Luo, Wenshu; Hogan, David J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In this paper we report the results from a study that assessed confidence together with scales measuring self-belief--i.e., self-efficacy, different kinds of self-concepts, and anxiety--among the 15-year old students from Singapore. A distinct confidence factor was identified in the domains of mathematics (N = 1940) and English (N = 1786). Our…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Foreign Countries
Social Stress in Young People with Specific Language Impairment
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Wadman, Ruth; Durkin, Kevin; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
Social interactions can be a source of social stress for adolescents. Little is known about how adolescents with developmental difficulties, such as specific language impairment (SLI), feel when interacting socially. Participants included 28 adolescents with SLI and 28 adolescents with typical language abilities (TL). Self-report measures of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Adolescents, Expressive Language, Language Aptitude
Long-Term Relationships among Early First Language Skills, Second Language Aptitude, Second Language Affect, and Later Second Language Proficiency
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Sparks, Richard L.; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Leonore; Humbach, Nancy – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
Fifty-four students were followed over 10 years beginning in first grade to determine best predictors of oral and written second language (L2) proficiency. Predictor variables included measures of first language (L1) skill administered in first through fifth grades, L1 academic aptitude, L2 aptitude (Modern Language Aptitude Test), and L2 affect…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Predictor Variables, Aptitude Tests, Decoding (Reading)