Relationships among Second Language Proficiency, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Intelligence: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Sasaki, Miyuki

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ERIC Number: EJ472765

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Publication Date: 1993

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Relationships among Second Language Proficiency, Foreign Language Aptitude, and Intelligence: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.

Sasaki, Miyuki

Language Learning, v43 n3 p313-44 Sep 1993

Investigates relationships among measures of second-language proficiency (SLP), foreign-language aptitude, verbal intelligence and reasoning in 160 Japanese college students studying English. The factor analysis of several different SLP test scores was examined, and the relationship between a general SLP factor and a hypothetical general cognitive factor was assumed to influence foreign language aptitude. (55 references) (JL)

Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intelligence, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Models, Scores, Second Language Learning, Verbal Communication

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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