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Van De Gaer, Eva; Pustjens, Heidi; Van Damme, Jan; De Munter, Agnes – Journal of Educational Research, 2007
The authors examined whether gender differences in language achievement were related not only to gender differences in attitudes toward schooling but also to the attitudes toward schooling of peers (i.e., peers in classes and in schools). The authors used multilevel analysis on data compiled from a longitudinal research project in secondary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Peer Influence, Language Aptitude
Toth, Karen; Munson, Jeffrey; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Dawson, Geraldine – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2006
This study investigated the unique contributions of joint attention, imitation, and toy play to language ability and rate of development of communication skills in young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Sixty preschool-aged children with ASD were assessed using measures of joint attention, imitation, toy play, language, and…
Descriptors: Toys, Preschool Children, Play, Language Acquisition
Sparks, Richard L; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Leonore; Humbach, Nancy; Javorsky, James – Annals of Dyslexia, 2006
Fifty-four students were tested at specific time intervals over 10 years to determine best native language (NL) predictors of oral and written foreign language (FL) proficiency and FL aptitude. All participants completed two years of Spanish, French, or German. Each was administered measures of NL literacy, oral language, and cognitive ability in…
Descriptors: Written Language, Intervals, Cognitive Ability, Oral Language
Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1974
Each section of the Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery and the CREDIF CGM 62 tests is briefly described. (RM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Language Aptitude, Language Instruction

Weithorn, Corinne J.; Marcus, Maxine – Psychology in the Schools, 1985
Presents data from 2-year follow-up of 52 elementary students which indicated that in fourth grade, as in second grade, language ability, as measured by the Wechsler Kntelligence Scale for Children-Revised Vocabulary subtest, was more strongly related to Achievement Test scores among high-actives than among nonhigh-actives. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Elementary Education

Marton, Waldemar – System, 1983
Starting with H.W. Seliger's distinction between second language learning strategies (abstract cognitive functions used to acquire knowledge) and learning tactics (activities learner uses to acquire language), presents the most important tactics and comments on which learner characteristics and teaching methods take advantage of them. Tactics…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Language Aptitude, Language Attitudes
Sandel, Lenore – 1998
It is generally recognized that a positive relationship exists between language ability and mental ability as measured by a standard intelligence test. The relationship has been suspect, however, since the understanding and use of words play so large a part in many of the intelligence tests. The question has been raised of whether a child earns a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests

Hewson, John – System, 1982
Provides a general overview of factors affecting foreign language learning, and discusses how they are related to one another. (EKN)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Language Aptitude, Performance Factors, Reinforcement

Sparks, Richard L.; Ganschow, Leonore – Modern Language Journal, 1991
The Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis offers an alternative to affective explanations for second-language learning difficulties and adds another dimension to the role of aptitude. The hypothesis focuses on phonological, syntactic, and semantic components of language and assumes that the individual's control over these components is crucial to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Aptitude

Ganschow, Leonore; Sparks, Richard L.; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
Discusses cognitive, affective, and linguistic influences on foreign language learning. It proposes the Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis (LCDH) model for understanding foreign language learning problems. The empirical support for the LCDH model is reviewed. Diagnostic, pedagogical, and policy implications are addressed. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Aptitude, Learning Disabilities

Brock, Jon; Jarrold, Christopher – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
Down syndrome is associated with severe deficits in language and verbal short-term memory, but the causal relationship between these deficits is unclear. The current study therefore investigated the influence of language abilities on verbal short-term memory performance in Down syndrome. Twenty-one individuals with Down syndrome and 29 younger…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Short Term Memory, Memorization, Language Aptitude
Ellis, Rod – Language Learning, 2004
A number of theories of second language L2 acquisition acknowledge a role for explicit L2 knowledge. However, the testing of these theories remains problematic because of the lack of a widely accepted means for measuring L2 explicit knowledge. This article seeks to address this lacuna by examining L2 explicit knowledge from two perspectives.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Grammar, Measures (Individuals)
Farhady, Hossein – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2005
Within the last few decades, there have been multidimensional advancements in language assessment. Some of the advancements have been in the direction of developing theoretical models of the construct of language ability, others in the line of measuring that construct, and still some others toward materializing the outcomes of measuring the…
Descriptors: Models, Applied Linguistics, Language Tests, Psychometrics
Duyck, Wouter – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2005
Using a lexical-decision task performed by Dutch-English bilinguals, the author showed that the recognition of visually presented first language (L1; e.g., touw) and second language (L2; e.g., back) targets is facilitated by L2 and L1 masked primes, respectively, which are pseudohomophones (roap and ruch) of the target's translation equivalent…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Translation
Viding, Essi; Price, Thomas S.; Spinath, Frank M.; Bishop, Dorothy V. M.; Dale, Philip S.; Plomin, Robert – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
This study of 4-year-old twins investigated the genetic and environmental origins of comorbidity between language impairment and nonverbal ability by testing the extent to which language impairment in one twin predicted nonverbal ability in the co-twin. Impairment of language ability was defined as scores below the 15th percentile on a general…
Descriptors: Twins, Language Impairments, Language Tests, Genetics