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Aptitude in Second Language Acquisition

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ID23704654
AuthorsPeter Robinson (0000-0003-2833-8030, corresponding author)
Year2019
Pages1-5
Publication date2019-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0035.pub2
OpenAlexW1543890410
ISBN9781405198431
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited19

Aptitude for language learning is a theoretical construct, operationalized in the form of a test, which aims to predict individual differences between learners in the extent of successful second language acquisition. This entry describes traditional measures of language‐learning aptitude, such as the Modern Language Aptitude Test, and then argues for the need to develop new tests of aptitude which are situationally and developmentally sensitive, in the sense that they can predict successful learning in different implicit, incidental or explicit learning conditions, and the situations that give rise to them, and across the range of proficiency levels, from beginner to advanced stages of second language development.

Aptitude · Cognitive psychology · Construct (python library) · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Operationalization · Programming language · Second-language acquisition · Test (biology) · Computer Science · Educational and Psychological Assessments · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language Development and Disorders · Psychology

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0.2
Citation span2021 - 2021 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1

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