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Autor/in | Hummel, Kirsten M. |
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Titel | Aptitude, Phonological Memory, and Second Language Proficiency in Nonnovice Adult Learners |
Quelle | In: Applied Psycholinguistics, 30 (2009) 2, S.225-249 (25 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0142-7164 |
DOI | 10.1017/S0142716409090109 |
Schlagwörter | Second Languages; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Factor Analysis; Memory; French; Native Speakers; Teacher Education Programs; Predictor Variables; Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Language Aptitude; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language) Second language; Zweitsprache; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Faktorenanalyse; Gedächtnis; Französisch; Muttersprachler; Prädiktor; Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Psycholinguistik; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache |
Abstract | This study explores the relationship between aptitude, phonological memory (PM), and second language (L2) proficiency in nonnovice adult learners of English as an L2. Native speakers of French (N = 77) enrolled in a university Teaching English as a Second Language program were the participants in the study. Exploratory factor analysis revealed three main factors corresponding to the variables examined: L2 proficiency, aptitude, and PM. Multiple regression analyses revealed aptitude subtests and PM together predicted 29% of the variance in L2 proficiency. Additional regression analyses carried out on lower and higher proficiency subgroups, created by a median split on proficiency scores, revealed that none of the variables predicted L2 proficiency in the higher proficiency subgroup. PM remained as a significant predictor for the lower proficiency subgroup, extending the pattern of results found elsewhere in younger populations to adult nonnovice L2 learners. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |