Language Aptitude

Author : Zhisheng (Edward) Wen,Peter Skehan,Adriana Biedroń,Shaofeng Li,Richard L. Sparks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351348263

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Language Aptitude by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen,Peter Skehan,Adriana Biedroń,Shaofeng Li,Richard L. Sparks Pdf

Language Aptitude: Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice brings together cutting-edge global perspectives on foreign language aptitude. Drawing from educational psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, the editors have assembled interdisciplinary authors writing for an applied linguistics and education audience. The book is broken into five major themes: revisiting and updating current language aptitude theories and models; emerging insights from contemporary research into language aptitude and the age factor or the critical period hypothesis; redefining constructs and broadening territories of foreign language aptitude; exploring language aptitude from a neurocognitive perspective; and exploring future directions of foreign language aptitude research. Focused on critical issues in foreign language aptitude and second language learning and teaching, this book will be an important research resource and supplemental reading in both applied linguistics and cognitive psychology.

Author : Susanne M. Reiterer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319919171

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Exploring Language Aptitude: Views from Psychology, the Language Sciences, and Cognitive Neuroscience by Susanne M. Reiterer Pdf

This book presents original, empirical data from quantitative and qualitative research studies in the field of language learning aptitude, ability, and individual differences. It does so from the perspectives of Second Language Acquisition, psychology, neuroscience and sociolinguistics. All studies included in the book use a similar and uniform layout and methodology. Each chapter contains a study examining factors such as memory, personality, self-concept, bilingualism and multilingualism, education, musicality or gender. The chapters investigate the influence of these concepts on language learning aptitude and ability. Several of these chapters analyse hypotheses which have never been tested before and therefore provide novel research results. The book contributes to the field both by verifying and contesting existent findings and by exploring novel approaches to devising research in the subject area.

Author : Zhisheng (Edward) Wen,Peter Skehan,Richard L. Sparks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781316513996

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Language Aptitude Theory and Practice by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen,Peter Skehan,Richard L. Sparks Pdf

Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of language aptitude theories, test development, research paradigms and practical implications.

Author : Gisela Granena,Mike Long
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272065

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Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment by Gisela Granena,Mike Long Pdf

Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in naturalistic settings, respectively. It is not surprising, therefore, that recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the combination of age and aptitude as a powerful explanatory factor in SLA, and central to a viable SLA theory. The chapters in this volume provide new studies and reviews of research findings on age effects, bilingualism effects, maturational constraints and sensitive periods in SLA, the sub-components of language aptitude and the development of new aptitude measures, the influence of AO and aptitude in combination on SLA, aptitude-treatment interactions, and the implications of the research findings for language education policy and tailored language instruction.

Author : Raphael Berthele,Isabelle Udry
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961103249

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Individual differences in early instructed language learning by Raphael Berthele,Isabelle Udry Pdf

Variability in predispositions for language learning has attracted scholarly curiosity for over 100 years. Despite major changes in theoretical explanations and foreign/second language teaching paradigms, some patterns of associations between predispositions and learning outcomes seem timelessly robust. This book discusses evidence from a research project investigating individual differences in a wide variety of domains, ranging from language aptitude over general cognitive abilities to motivational and other affective and social constructs. The focus lies on young learners aged 10 to 12, a less frequently investigated age in aptitude research. The data stem from two samples of multilingual learners in German-speaking Switzerland. The target languages are French and English. The chapters of the book offer two complementary perspectives on the topic: On the one hand, cross-sectional investigations of the underlying structure of these individual differences and their association with the target languages are discussed. Drawing on factor analytical and multivariable analyses, the different components are scrutinized with respect to their mutual dependence and their relative impact on target language skills. The analyses also take into account contextual factors such as the learners’ family background and differences across the two contexts investigated. On the other hand, the potential to predict learner’s skills in the target language over time based on the many different indicators is investigated using machine learning algorithms. The results provide new insights into the stability of the individual dispositions, on the impact of contextual variables, and on empirically robust dimensions within the array of variables tested.

Author : Carol Griffiths
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-03
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521718141

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Lessons from Good Language Learners by Carol Griffiths Pdf

This book considers the strategies used by successful language learners, in the light of current thinking and research.

Author : Thomas S. Parry,Charles W. Stansfield
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015025357677

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Language Aptitude Reconsidered by Thomas S. Parry,Charles W. Stansfield Pdf

Author : Miyuki Sasaki
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015041028294

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Second Language Proficiency, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Intelligence by Miyuki Sasaki Pdf

General second language proficiency continues to intrigue researchers. This study investigates the relationships between general second language proficiency (SLP) and selected cognitive abilities (i.e. foreign language aptitude, verbal intelligence, and reasoning) in 160 EFL Japanese college students. Structural equation modeling disconfirmed the hypothesis that general SLP forms the center of what has traditionally been called general intelligence. However, it suggests a strong relation between SLP and other cognitive abilities. The study also analyzed the protocol data provided by the actual text takers, revealing that SLP is related to the ability to assess, plan, and execute in problem solving processes.

Author : Gisela Granena,Mike Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027213127

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Sensitive Periods, Language Aptitude, and Ultimate L2 Attainment by Gisela Granena,Mike Long Pdf

Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in naturalistic settings, respectively. It is not surprising, therefore, that recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the combination of age and aptitude as a powerful explanatory factor in SLA, and central to a viable SLA theory. The chapters in this volume provide new studies and reviews of research findings on age effects, bilingualism effects, maturational constraints and sensitive periods in SLA, the sub-components of language aptitude and the development of new aptitude measures, the influence of AO and aptitude in combination on SLA, aptitude-treatment interactions, and the implications of the research findings for language education policy and tailored language instruction.

Author : Robert M. DeKeyser
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027259783

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Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning by Robert M. DeKeyser Pdf

This volume brings together seven empirical studies about aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI), i.e., about how (second language) learners with different aptitudes match or don’t match with different educational treatments; and aptitude-testing interactions, i.e., about how learners with different aptitudes perform better or worse depending on the way their knowledge and skills are tested. The authors are all established researchers or rising stars in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), who believe that little can be said about the effectiveness of teaching and testing methods or techniques without taking individual differences into account. Many of the studies corroborate in SLA what has become a central finding in the psychological and educational research about ATI: the more a method puts the burden of information processing on the student, the bigger the role of the corresponding aptitudes. The kinds of findings documented in this volume contribute to a scientific basis for the art of language teaching that will become increasingly useful as emerging technologies make adaptation to individuals and groups more feasible. Originally published as special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2 (2019).

Author : Karl Conrad Diller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015008224696

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Individual Differences & Universals in Language Learning Aptitude by Karl Conrad Diller Pdf

Author : Charles J. Fillmore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015004025675

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Individual Differences in Language Ability and Language Behavior by Charles J. Fillmore Pdf

Individual Differences in Language Ability and Language Behavior is a collection of papers that discusses differences at the center of the study of language, specifically, on the various dimensions of linguistic ability and behavior along which individuals can differ from each other. Papers also review the development of techniques that measure these dimensions in relation to biological, psychological, and cultural parameters. Some papers review individual differences in language study in terms of different perspectives: that of a psychometrician's, of an individualistic's vantage point, and of a psycholinguistic's. Other papers discuss how each individual accesses, uses, and judges his language through fluency, biases, spatial principles, or a linguistic-phonetic mode. Several papers examine individual differences in language acquisition, such as "profile analysis," strategies in acquisition of sounds, second language learning, and duplication of adult language system. A group of papers addresses the biological aspects of language variation. These biological aspects include selective disorders of syntax (agrammatism), selective disorders of lexical retrieval (anomia), and cerebral lateralization effects in language processing. Certain papers explain individual differences in languages using sociolinguistic analysis. The collection is well suited for linguists, ethnologists, psychologists, and researchers whose works involve linguistics, learning, communications, and syntax. --

Author : Franz Pöchhacker,Minhua Liu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027269546

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Aptitude for Interpreting by Franz Pöchhacker,Minhua Liu Pdf

First published as a Special Issue of Interpreting (issue 10:1, 2011) and complemented with two articles published in Interpreting issue 16:1, 2014, this volume provides a comprehensive view of the challenge of identifying and measuring aptitude for interpreting. Following a broad review of the existing literature, the array of eight empirical papers captures the multiple dimensions of aptitude, from personality traits and soft skills such as motivation, anxiety and learning styles to aspects of cognitive performance. The populations studied, with experimental as well as survey research designs, include students and professionals of sign language interpreting as well as spoken-language interpreting, and valuable synergies emerge. While pointing to the need for much further work, the papers brought together in this volume clearly represent the cutting edge of research into aptitude for interpreting, and should prove a milestone on the way toward supplying educators with reliable methods for testing applicants to interpreter training programs.

Author : Dale L. Lange,Charles J. James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UCAL:B4927736

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Foreign Language Education by Dale L. Lange,Charles J. James Pdf

This book reviews the record of the foreign language teaching profession over the past several years and examines the successes and determines the reasons for failures.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : PSU:000028111153

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Britannica Review of Foreign Language Education by Anonim Pdf