Language-learning aptitude

Language learning aptitude refers to the "prediction of how well, relative to other individuals, an individual can learn a foreign language in a given amount of time and under given conditions". ^[1]

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1. 10 relations: Aptitude, CANAL-F, Defense Language Aptitude Battery, Foreign language, John Bissell Carroll, Modern Language Aptitude Test, Paul Pimsleur, Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery, Second-language acquisition, United States Department of Defense.

2. Aptitude
3. Language assessment

Aptitude

An aptitude is a component of a competence to do a certain kind of work at a certain level.

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CANAL-F

The Cognitive Ability for Novelty in Acquisition of Language - Foreign (CANAL-F) is a test measuring language aptitude, or whether and how well a person can learn a second language. Language-learning aptitude and CANAL-F are second-language acquisition.

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Defense Language Aptitude Battery

The Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB) is a test used by the United States Department of Defense to test an individual's potential for learning a foreign language and thus determine who may pursue training as a military linguist. Language-learning aptitude and Defense Language Aptitude Battery are second-language acquisition.

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Foreign language

A foreign language is a language that is not an official language of, nor typically spoken in, a specific country.

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John Bissell Carroll

John Bissell Carroll (June 5, 1916 – July 1, 2003) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, linguistics and psychometrics. Language-learning aptitude and John Bissell Carroll are aptitude.

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Modern Language Aptitude Test

The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) was designed to predict a student's likelihood of success and ease in learning a foreign language. Language-learning aptitude and Modern Language Aptitude Test are aptitude.

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Paul Pimsleur

Paul Pimsleur (October 17, 1927 – June 22, 1976) was a French-American linguist and scholar in the field of applied linguistics.

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Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery

The Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery (PLAB) was developed to predict student success in foreign language learning, or language learning aptitude, and for diagnosing language learning disabilities.

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Second-language acquisition

Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning—otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process by which people learn a second language.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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See also

Aptitude

• Age-related mobility disability
• Analytic reasoning
• Aptitude
• Childhood development of fine motor skills
• Concept testing
• Creativity
• Eddy Test
• Fine motor skill
• Gracefulness
• Graphicacy
• Ideation (creative process)
• In-basket test
• Inductive reasoning aptitude
• Job interview
• John Bissell Carroll
• Johnson O'Connor
• Language-learning aptitude
• Modern Language Aptitude Test
• Observation
• Spatial visualization ability
• Test market
• Tonal memory
• Verbal reasoning
• Wiesen Test of Mechanical Aptitude

Language assessment

• CEFR companion volume
• Cloze test
• Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
• Competency evaluation (language)
• Duolingo
• ECL Language tests
• ILR scale
• Language assessment
• Language tests
• Language-learning aptitude
• Washback effect

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language-learning_aptitude

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