The role of language aptitude probed within extensive instruction experience
Morphosyntactic knowledge of advanced users of L2 English
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21333102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elifcan Öztekin (0000-0002-8865-5401, Department of Foreign Language Education , Boğaziçi University , 34342 , Bebek , Istanbul , Turkey, corresponding author), Ecehan Candan (0000-0002-6809-5363, Department of Foreign Language Education , Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University , Burdur , Turkey) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 693-721 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | IRAL - International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-042X • E-ISSN: 1613-4141 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/iral-2021-0201 |
| OpenAlex | W4309185973 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 24 |
This study investigated the role of language aptitude for participants with extensive instructed L2 English learning experience in judging the grammaticality of sentences in auditory and written modalities. Partially replicating a naturalistic L2 learning study, we administered written and auditory grammaticality judgement tests in L2 English and the LLAMA aptitude tests to 37 students at an English-medium state university in Turkey. The participants were divided into higher and lower aptitude groups based on LLAMA scores, and their accuracy/response time scores in early/intermediate/late-acquired structures were examined. The results showed that aptitude was significantly associated with performance only in late-acquired structures in the written modality. Additionally, aptitude distinguished response time rather than accuracy scores, suggesting a qualitative processing difference. The explicit and analytic nature of language aptitude was discussed for adult learners, which is more relevant for the Turkish context where English is taught as a foreign language in academic settings
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |