Foreign Language Aptitude and Its Relationship with Grammar: A Critical Overview

Autor/in	Skehan, Peter
Titel	Foreign Language Aptitude and Its Relationship with Grammar: A Critical Overview
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 36 (2015) 3, S.367-384 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amu072
Schlagwörter	Language Aptitude; Teaching Methods; Linguistic Theory; Second Language Learning; Feedback (Response); Grammar; Learning Processes; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Linguistische Theorie; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Grammatik; Learning process; Lernprozess; Korrelation
Abstract	This article presents a critical overview of research studies which link foreign language aptitude to grammar. It starts by covering fundamental issues--of the structure of aptitude and its measurement. It is argued that the concept of aptitude needs to be updated, and that clear linkages to second language acquisition processes need to be established. The major sections of the article review research on aptitude and pedagogy, and aptitude as relevant to understanding sensitive period effects. With pedagogy, recent articles regarding instructional options and also research linking aptitude to feedback are reviewed. With a sensitive period, the discussion is of aptitude as a potential negator of such an effect, as well as the possibility that aptitude may be linked to second language learning success with younger learners. Suggestions are offered for a reconfiguration of the place of aptitude within second language acquisition. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, UK. Tel: +44-1865-353907; Fax: +44-1865-353485; e-mail: jnls.cust.serv@oxfordjournals.org; Web site: http://applij.oxfordjournals.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01