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Blake, Joanna; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1994
Preschool children were given a memory task that required repeating a list of animal names and a sentence imitation task. Results confirmed a relationship between word span and language imitation in younger preschool children and the notion of a memory constraint on early spontaneous language. Increasing mastery of linguistic rules appeared to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Aptitude

McLaughlin, Barry – Language Testing, 1995
Discusses the question of aptitude from within an information-processing perspective, examines how aptitude is conceptualized in this framework, and discusses one possible component of L2 aptitude: working memory. (56 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Error Analysis (Language), Information Processing

Bryant, Peter; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1990
Reports evidence from a longitudinal study showing that the relationship between children's sensitivity to rhyme and alliteration and their success in reading is highly specific and cannot be accounted for in terms of general language ability. (GLR)
Descriptors: Correlation, Intelligence Quotient, Language Aptitude, Language Research

Purpura, James E. – Language Testing, 1998
Uses structural equation modelling to examine the relationship between learning strategy use and second-language test performance (SLTP) in 1,382 high- and low-ability test takers. Results showed metacognitive strategy use and SLTP models produced similar factorial structures for each group; cognitive strategy use models differed. This suggests…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Heath, Steve M.; Hogben, John H. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2004
This study addressed 2 questions: (a) Can preschoolers who will fail at reading be more efficiently identified by targeting those at highest risk for reading problems? and (b) will auditory temporal processing (ATP) improve the accuracy of identification derived from phonological processing and oral language ability? A sample of 227 preschoolers…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Prediction, Phonological Awareness, Identification
Lee, Yong-Won; Breland, Hunter; Muraki, Eiji – International Journal of Testing, 2005
This study has investigated the comparability of computer-based testing writing prompts in the Test of English as a Foreign LanguageTM (TOEFL) for examinees of different native language backgrounds. A total of 81 writing prompts introduced from July 1998 through August 2000 were examined using a 3-step logistic regression procedure for ordinal…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Effect Size, Test Bias, English (Second Language)
Crosbie, Sharon L.; Howard, David; Dodd, Barbara J. – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
This study examined spoken-word recognition in children with specific language impairment (SLI) and normally developing children matched separately for age and receptive language ability. Accuracy and reaction times on an auditory lexical decision task were compared. Children with SLI were less accurate than both control groups. Two subgroups of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Word Recognition, Receptive Language, Language Aptitude
Luinge, Margreet R.; Post, Wendy J.; Wit, Hero P.; Goorhuis-Brouwer, Sieneke M. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: To scale language milestones in a group of 527 children to provide an instrument for screening language development. Procedure: The questionnaire regarding these milestones was completed by parental report. It was evaluated whether the scaled milestones satisfied the assumptions of the Mokken item response model. Results: The scalability…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Measures (Individuals)
Bayuk, Milla; Bayuk, Barry S. – 1983
A program currently in use by the military that gives instruction in the so-called "sensitive" languages is based on the "Army Method" which was initiated in military language programs during World War II. Attention to the sensitive language program initiated a review of the programs, especially those conducted by the military intelligence schools…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Language Research
Nahrgang, W. Lee – 1979
The first step in implementing an intensive language program is a publicity campaign to arouse student interest. The second step involves the employment of some device for pre-enrollment screening. Among screening methods, objective measurements of aptitude or ability have proven useful in the selection process. In addition, objective means of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Intensive Language Courses, Language Aptitude, Screening Tests

Ganschow, Leonore; Sparks, Richard – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Examines the relationship between anxiety and native-language skill and foreign-language aptitude measures among high school foreign-language learners using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS). Findings suggest that skill in one's native language may affect aptitude for learning a foreign language and that the FLCAS may provide an…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Anxiety, Females, High School Students

Weidong, Chen – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1996
An analysis of the use of English by some Chinese postgraduate students and visiting scholars in Britain, in terms of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), identifies the frequency and level of difficulty of certain activities that involve the use of English and the most helpful activities for improving a given…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education

Sasaki, Miyuki – Language Learning, 1993
In a supplement to Sasaki's 1993 study, six of the same participants took different types of second-language proficiency (SLP) tests, a foreign language aptitude battery, and an intelligence test. Results revealed differences in information processing between the high and low SLP groups. (Contains 35 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence

Ganschow, Lenore; And Others – Applied Language Learning, 1992
This study examines results of a factor analysis on a battery of native language and foreign language aptitude tests administered to 80 high school students enrolled in first semester foreign language classes. Thirty-six students were identified as low risk, 29 as high risk, and 15 as learning disabled. (68 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Factor Analysis, High Risk Students, High School Students

Clapham, Caroline – System, 2000
Discusses research into the effect of background knowledge on English for Academic Purposes (EAP) tests and discusses EAP tests in which the content of at least some of the test components is related to students' fields of academic study. Suggests that for international EAP tests, English for specific academic purposes testing be abandoned.…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Aptitude, Language Research