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Sparks, Richard L. – Multilingual Matters, 2022
This book traces and summarizes the author's theoretical insights and empirical findings in the field of foreign language education. The volume explores themes such as individual differences in L1 ability and their connection to L2 aptitude and L2 achievement, L2 anxiety as an affective or cognitive variable, and the relationship between L1 and L2…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Languages, Second Language Instruction, Individual Differences
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Maryam Pakzadian – AILA Review, 2023
The concept of constructions has become increasingly important in theories of language acquisition and use during the last 20 years. Constructions are form-meaning pairings that are learned and stored as pieces of linguistic knowledge. Fillmore, Kay, and O'Conner (1988), and Goldberg (1995, 2006, 2019) were among the first linguists who paved the…
Descriptors: Grammar, Phrase Structure, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
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Judit Kormos – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
This article revisits the role of cognitive individual differences in creating synergies between second language (L2) writing and second language acquisition research that were proposed by Kormos (2012). It takes stock of the advances in research findings, in the past decade, on the role of working memory and language learning aptitude in L2…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
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Stoynoff, Stephen – ELT Journal, 2012
In the past few decades, approaches to language assessment and perspectives on learning have changed. This article highlights those developments with the greatest significance for teachers and classroom-based language assessment, including the emergence of new perspectives on the nature of language ability and learning, use of an expanded array of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Evaluation Methods
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Winke, Paula – Modern Language Journal, 2013
In this study I examine the construct of aptitude in learning Chinese as a second language (L2) to an advanced level. I test 2 hypotheses: first, that L2 aptitude comprises 4 components--working memory, rote memory, grammatical sensitivity, and phonemic coding ability--and second, that L2 aptitude affects learning both directly and indirectly…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Short Term Memory, Language Aptitude
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Benzie, Helen Joy – Higher Education Research and Development, 2010
The current concern about low levels of English proficiency among international students who graduate from degree courses--that students' English language skills are not being developed during their higher education experience--reflects negatively on the quality of Australian higher education and its graduates. More careful selection of students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Integration, Negative Attitudes, Language Tests
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Kone, A'ame – International Education, 2010
Power can be equated to the possession of a particular language used to navigate the world. In Mali and Burkina Faso, two former colonies of France, language choice for instruction in mainstream primary schools remains a struggle between the powerful and the powerless. Fifty years after independence from France, both countries continue to…
Descriptors: Experimental Schools, Dropout Rate, Official Languages, Community Involvement
Soderman, Anne K. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
A dual immersion program in Chinese and English at the 3e International School in Beijing is helping children become fluent in both languages, even though many students spoke neither language when they entered the school. Children enter the program as young as two years old. Studies indicate that bilingual children have higher levels of cognitive…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Young Children, Developmental Delays, Bilingualism
Pawlak, Miroslaw; Waniek-Klimczak, Ewa; Majer, Jan – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Developing the ability to speak in a foreign language is an arduous task. This is because it involves the mastery of different language subsystems, simultaneous focus on comprehension and production, and the impact of a range of social factors. This challenge is further compounded in situations in which learners have limited access to the target…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Languages, Testing, Language Tests
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Genesee, Fred – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2007
This report reviews results of research on the outcomes of French immersion students with special educational needs related to low levels of general academic ability and low levels of first language ability (and possibly impairment), as well as those of students with difficulty or who are at risk for difficulty in learning to read. Studies of the…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, High Risk Students, Language Aptitude, French
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Robinson, Peter – Second Language Research, 2001
Describes a framework for research into the effects of cognitive abilities on second language acquisition (SLA) that is based on four interlocking hypotheses. These hypotheses are drawn from research in psychology, education, and SLA, and where possible, evidence is presented to support each of them. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Language Aptitude, Language Research, Second Language Instruction
Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey – Praeger, 2008
Globalization is on everyone's tongue, and the discussion is not only limited to economic exchange, but expands to the intermingling of cultural values. To be truly successful in the international arena, whether as an immigrant, student, businessperson, or tourist, openness toward other cultures is vital and the most obvious door to those cultures…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Linguistics, Second Languages, Multilingualism
Bayuk, Milla; Bayuk, Barry S. – 1983
A program currently in use by the military that gives instruction in the so-called "sensitive" languages is based on the "Army Method" which was initiated in military language programs during World War II. Attention to the sensitive language program initiated a review of the programs, especially those conducted by the military intelligence schools…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Language Research
Nahrgang, W. Lee – 1979
The first step in implementing an intensive language program is a publicity campaign to arouse student interest. The second step involves the employment of some device for pre-enrollment screening. Among screening methods, objective measurements of aptitude or ability have proven useful in the selection process. In addition, objective means of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Screening Tests
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Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James; Ganschow, Leonore – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
Colleges and universities often permit students classified as learning disabled (LD) and other students not classified as LD to substitute courses for or waive the foreign language requirement. The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) has become an increasingly popular assessment tool to determine which students can or cannot pass foreign language…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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