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Bylund, Emanuel; Abrahamsson, Niclas; Hyltenstam, Kenneth – Applied Linguistics, 2010
While language aptitude has been investigated actively within second language research, there is a current dearth of research on the effects of aptitude in cases of attrition. The aim of the present investigation was to explore the role of language aptitude for L1 proficiency in speakers who experienced a break with their L1 setting prior to…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Language Skill Attrition, Language Research
Fischbein, Siv – 1979
A summary and discussion of a series of studies considered the dilemma that equal educational treatment of all children in public schools appears likely to increase the spread of differences among them in educational achievement. Longitudinal studies of pairs of identical and of fraternal twins in Sweden from 10 to 18 years of age considered the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Aptitude Tests, Body Height