ERIC Number: EJ1359149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
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A Need for an Aptitude Test for Young Learners in Catalan: The Case of the Modern Language Aptitude Test -- Elementary in Catalan
Suárez, Maria-del-Mar
Language Teaching Research Quarterly, v31 p101-118 2022
Young learners' language aptitude is understudied due to a lack of tests covering this period of life. Young learners, in contrast with adults, are still acquiring their L1. Consequently, a language-dependent aptitude test should be carefully designed for it to be valid. An additional challenge is found when the young learners who are to take the test are bilingual, as is the case of the Catalan/Spanish community in Catalonia. This chapter aims at explaining the process to translate and adapt the Modern Language Aptitude Test -- Elementary in Spanish (MLAT-ES - Stansfield et al., 2005) into Catalan (MLAT-EC -- Suárez, 2010) so as to obtain a valid aptitude measure across grades. The results show that despite the linguistic proximity between Catalan and Spanish, several issues had to be considered, not only linguistic and cultural but also the learners' age range for the test is addressed to.
Descriptors: Language Tests, Bilingualism, Spanish, Romance Languages, Test Validity, Translation, Language Aptitude, Native Language, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Aptitude Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Modern Language Aptitude Test
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