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Background And Definition
of Aptitude
Two Famous Aptitude Tests
Experiment—Marjorie Wesche
Summary
Aptitude
Background:Lorraine Obler's report()
Definition: people differ in the extent to which they possess a natural ability for learning SL.
An influential psychologist in the field of educational linguistics.
Theory —a cluster of four abilities that factored into language learning aptitude, separate from verbal intelligence and motivation.
John B. Carroll
Components of Aptitude
Four distinct abilities
Developed the MLAT(a language aptitude assessment for adults).
Phonemic coding ability
Grammatical sensitivity
Rote Learning Ability
Inductive Language learning ability
Phonemic Coding Ability
listen
Identify the sound
Memorize
An example:“ph”
Grammatical Sensitivity
1) Everything changed.
Examples
2) He gives me a book.
Rote Learning Ability
The ability to form and remember associations between stimuli.
Focuses on memorization
Learning by repetition
Inductive Language Learning Ability
Example:
“to” means the direction
“at” means the location
Foreign Language Aptitude Test
MLAT : Modern Language Aptitude Test
- by John and Stanley Sapon(1959)
PLAB : Pimsleur Language Aptitude Batter
- by Paul Pimsleur(1965)
Modern Language Aptitude Test(MLAT)