Aptitude measures in SLA

Abstract The present study examines a US Department of Defense (DOD) foreign language program using linear and logistic regression to model foreign language proficiency growth over three time intervals. The analysis demonstrates growth from start to finish for a program involving domestic immersion and study abroad and tests the ability of aptitude and achievement measures to predict that growth for a group of 80 students. The findings suggest that a measure of foreign language aptitude and a measure of quantitative aptitude differentiate learning outcomes for the intensive domestic immersion portion of the program while measures of quantitative aptitude and native language verbal aptitude differentiate later-stage learners on the study abroad portion of the program.

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Native language predictors of foreign language proficiency and foreign language aptitude

Annals of Dyslexia ◽

10.1007/s11881-006-0006-2 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 129-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Richard L. Sparks ◽

Jon Patton ◽

Leonore Ganschow ◽

Nancy Humbach ◽

James Javorsky

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Native Language ◽

Language Aptitude ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency ◽

Foreign Language Aptitude

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Foreign Language Aptitude Components and Different Levels of Foreign Language Proficiency Among Chinese English Majors

Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS) 2012 Conference Proceeding ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-37592-7_13 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 179-196

Author(s):

Lanrong Li

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Language Aptitude ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency ◽

English Majors ◽

Foreign Language Aptitude ◽

Different Levels

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Students Classified As Learning Disabled and Non-Learning Disabled: Two Comparison Studies of Native Language Skill, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Foreign Language Proficiency

Foreign Language Annals ◽

10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb00598.x ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 535-551 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Richard L. Sparks ◽

Marjorie Artzer ◽

James Javorsky ◽

Jon Patton ◽

Leonore Ganschow ◽

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Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Native Language ◽

Learning Disabled ◽

Language Skill ◽

Language Aptitude ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency ◽

Foreign Language Aptitude

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The LLAMA tests and the underlying structure of language aptitude at two levels of foreign language proficiency

Learning and Individual Differences ◽

10.1016/j.lindif.2016.06.023 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 42-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gemma Artieda ◽

Carmen Muñoz

Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Underlying Structure ◽

Language Aptitude ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency

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Relationship of Foreign Language Proficiency to Study Abroad Outcomes and Inputs

Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad ◽

10.36366/frontiers.v21i1.304 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 63-85 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Victor Savicki

Keyword(s):

Study Abroad ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Intercultural Competence ◽

Study Abroad Programs ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency ◽

Research Findings ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Even though we might expect foreign language proficiency to have an effect on intercultural competence and other study abroad outcomes, the research findings are uncertain. Part of the inconsistency between expectation and research findings with regard to the impact of language proficiency may lie in the different methodologies of language proficiency assessment. The current study seeks to address two related issues. The first is to examine the relationship between three different measures of language proficiency. The second is to discover the relationship between these measures and study abroad outcomes and inputs. Different measures of language proficiency may be useful for different purposes, and the potential predictive connection to outcomes and inputs may be instructive in designing and implementing study abroad programs.

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SECOND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, FOREIGN LANGUAGE APTITUDE, AND INTELLIGENCE: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ANALYSES.Miyuki Sasaki. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. Pp. xii + 155. $40.95 cloth.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition ◽

10.1017/s0272263199261062 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 161-161

Author(s):

Paul Angelis

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

English Language ◽

Japanese Version ◽

Reduced Form ◽

Short Version ◽

Language Aptitude ◽

Second Language Proficiency ◽

Foreign Language Aptitude

There are few in-depth studies that have attempted to explore the complex relationships among second language proficiency, foreign language aptitude, and intelligence. Information on such studies is usually found only in unpublished dissertations or in greatly reduced form in journal articles. This text is a rare example of a full-length report of such a study. Based on data from 160 EFL students in Japan, the researcher employed an extensive array of analytical procedures relating performance on English language proficiency measures with performance on a three-part aptitude battery and an intelligence measure. The proficiency measures included multiple-choice tests of grammar, cohesion, vocabulary, listening, and reading using short and long texts as well as a cloze and a free composition. The foreign language aptitude battery was a Japanese version of a test modeled after the short version of the Modern Language Aptitude Test. The measures of verbal intelligence and reasoning came from an existing Kyoto University test with 12 subtests.

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