Psychology 3140F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Modern Language Aptitude Test, Rote Learning, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3140F/G
• Professor: Debra Jared

Document Summary

First attempts to develop tests to assess aptitude for learning another language occurred in the. 1920s and 1930s in the us: later by the government and military, symonds: three types of aptitude important. Quick learning tests in the new language. Pair associates: language learning aptitude wasn"t a unitary ability, but was composed of 4 independent specialized abilities. Phonetic coding: the ability to code sounds and to remember sound-symbol associations. Grammatical sensitivity: the ability to recognize the grammatical functions of words in sentence structures. Rote learning ability: the ability to learn associates between sounds and meanings. Inductive language learning ability: the ability to infer the rules governing a new set of language materials. Cognitive information processing approach seeks to understand the cognitive and learning factors that determine individual differences in l2 acquisition. Correlates of individual differences in l2 acquisition may differ depending on stage of development.