Foreign language aptitude, acquisitional sequences, and psycholinguistic processes

2016 ◽  
pp. 17-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Skehan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Aptitude ◽  
Foreign Language Aptitude

scholarly journals CZYNNIKI AFEKTYWNE W TEORII I BADANIACH NAD ZDOLNOŚCIAMI JĘZYKOWYMI

Neofilolog ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Adriana Biedroń
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Language Aptitude ◽  
Foreign Language Aptitude ◽  
Research Studies

There is much controversy surrounding the influence of affect on foreign language aptitude. In most foreign language aptitude models and tests this factor is treated marginally or it is entirely absent. In research studies, much attention is devoted to individual factors defined in the context of positive psychology, but their relationships with cognitive factors are rarely analyzed. This paper is an attempt to present the role of factors other than cognitive in foreign language aptitude theory and research, selected reasons for their weak position, as well as pedagogical implications and suggestions for further research.

The Relationship Between Conceptual Level and Communicative Competence in French

1982 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine K. Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Complexity ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Linguistic Competence ◽  
Conceptual Level ◽  
Language Aptitude ◽  
Foreign Language Aptitude ◽  
Interpersonal Maturity ◽  
The Relationship

This study explored the relationship between conceptual level a social cognitive variable and second language communicative competence. Conceptual level indexes both cognitive complexity and interpersonal maturity which have been related to first language communicative abilities. The research hypotheses stated that conceptual level was related to the development of communicative competence while foreign language aptitude was related to linguistic competence (mastery of the structural components of a second language).Conceptual level was found to be related to both communicative and linguistic competence(r = .54, p < .001;r = .48, p < .001)as was foreign language aptitude(r = .40, p < .01; r = .41, p < .01). However, foreign language aptitude was not found to be related to linguistic competence when conceptual level was statistically controlled (r = .20, p < .135). Conceptual level, on the other hand, was found to be related to communicative competence when foreign language aptitude was statistically controlled (r = .42, p < .01). Thus, conceptual level appears to be an important individual variable in second language learning.

scholarly journals Podłużne badanie zdolności językowych jako konceptu dynamicznego

Neofilolog ◽  
1970 ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Adriana Biedroń
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Language Ability ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Human Intelligence ◽  
Educational Implication ◽  
Language Aptitude ◽  
Foreign Language Aptitude

In contemporary literature foreign language ability is considered a dynamic concept, that is, subject to an evolutionary development in interaction with the environment and potentially trainable (Sternberg, 2002). Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Human Intelligence is based on an assumption that abilities are forms of developing expertise. An important educational implication of this statement is that abilities are flexible and pliable rather than fixed and that they can be taught. The purpose of the paper is to present results from the first stage of a longitudinal study of foreign language aptitude on a sample of English philology students. The goal of this study, conducted in cooperation with a psychologist, is to analyze the students’ cognitive abilities and establish whether they are subject to a dynamic change.

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