Saito, Kazuya (2017) Effects of sound, vocabulary and grammar learning aptitude on adult second language oral ability in foreign language classrooms. Language Learning 67 (3), pp. 665-693. ISSN 0023-8333.
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Abstract
The current study examined the relationship between different type of language learning aptitude (measured via the LLAMA test) and adult second language (L2) speech production attainment in English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) classrooms. Picture descriptions elicited from 50 Japanese EFL learners with varied proficiency levels were analyzed by a range of pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary and grammar measures. According to the results of the statistical analyses, the participants’ aptitude test scores in phonemic coding, rote and associative memory and language analytic ability were moderately predictive of the phonological/morphological accuracy, speed fluency and lexicogrammar complexity of production—linguistic features thought to be instrumental to the acquisition of advanced L2 oral ability. In contrast, such aptitude-proficiency links were not found with respect to relatively implicit and incidental learning aptitude (sound recognition) and fundamental proficiency domains (the appropriate use of frequent words).
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Foreign language aptitude, Pronunciation, Fluency, Vocabulary, Grammar |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication |
| Depositing User: | Kazuya Saito |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2017 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2023 12:41 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/18083 |
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