Developing, Piloting, and Validating an Instrument to Measure Young Learners' Aptitude  

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Kiss, Csilla ; Nikolov, Marianne

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Learning: A Journal of Research in Language Studies (Full Text) vol. 55 no. 1 (Mar. 2005), page 99-150.
Fulltext: 55_01_Kiss.pdf (749.1KB)

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Perpustakaan PKBB Nomor Panggil: 405/LLE/55 Non-tandon: tidak ada Tandon: 1

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This study aimed to develop, pilot, and validate an aptitude test for Hungarian learners of English. A literature review on the construct and tests of aptitude is followed by two parts: a pilot phase on the development of a new aptitude test and a main study involving 419 12 -year-old children in 10 schools. Data were collected on the aptitude test, English proficiency tests, and a measure of learners' motivation. The article explores how aptitude scores relate to learners' performances on the proficiency measure, motivation, gender, school achievements, and grades in English. The results of a multiple-regression analysis indicate that the variable of language aptitude explained over 20% of the variation in English language performance, thus proving to be the best predictor of outcomes.

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