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Publication Date: 2021-Jul
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Probing the Construct Validity of LLAMA_D as a Measure of Implicit Learning Aptitude: Incidental Instructions, Confidence Ratings, and Reaction Time
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v43 n3 p663-676 Jul 2021
A subtest of the LLAMA test battery (LLAMA_D) has been proposed as a potential test of implicit learning aptitude. To improve its construct validity, in the present study, the original LLAMA_D (a) instructions for incidental learning were modified, and (b) confidence ratings of test responses and (c) reaction time (RT) measurements were added. This revised LLAMA_D was administered along with the other LLAMA subtests (LLAMA-B, -E, and -F). Unconscious knowledge that may (not) result from the exposure was assessed through the relationship between the accuracy/RT and confidence ratings. The results suggest that LLAMA_D accuracy largely reflects conscious retrieval of previously heard sound sequences. However, an index derived from the LLAMA_D RT measure (coefficient of variance) was associated with an aspect of oral fluency, which is presumably dependent on proceduralization. Several recommendations are proposed to redesign and extend LLAMA_D as a potential aptitude test for proceduralization.
Descriptors: Language Tests, Language Aptitude, Construct Validity, Incidental Learning, Reaction Time, Accuracy, Oral Language, Language Fluency, Aptitude Tests
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