APTITUDE AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

By Peter Robinson. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2005

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

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Phonological Awareness and Speech Comprehensibility: An Exploratory Study (2007, background): “This approach reflects traditional language teaching, in which a predetermined syllabus defines important language forms that are the focus of instruction.”
The role of individual differences in L2 writing (2012, background): “In the field of SLA a number of different language learning goals have been proposed.”
Foreign language aptitude theory: Yesterday, today and tomorrow (2016, background): “…schematic representation of Robinson’s framework resembles a wheel-shape that consists of several layers of circles embedded within each other (Robinson 2005: 52), where the inner circle consists of ‘core’ aptitudes or abilities, such as grammatical sensitivity, processing speed, and so on,…”
Perceived foreign accent in first language attrition and second language acquisition: The impact of age of acquisition and bilingualism (2011, background): “It has been demonstrated to correlate significantly with proficiency and ultimate attainment in adult L2 acquisition (e.g., Abrahamsson & Hyltenstam, 2009; DeKeyser, 2000; Robinson, 2005) and the degree of loss of the L1 in late L1 attrition (Bylund, Abrahamsson, & Hyltenstam, 2010).”
Aspects of working memory in L2 learning (2011, background): “PM has also been identified as a key component of language aptitude (Sawyer & Ranta 2001; Robinson 2005; Kormos & Sáfár 2008; Hummel 2009).”
Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification by native English-speaking adults (2007, background): “…factors contribute to successful second Applied Psycholinguistics 28:4 580 Wong & Perrachione: Learning pitch patterns in lexical identification language learning and, to a certain extent, nativelike competency, analogous to our highly successful learner group (see Robinson, 2005, for a review).”
A mindset for EFL: learners’ beliefs about the role of natural talent (2010, background): “In L2 acquisition research, such ‘talent’ is defined as aptitude and in recent years there have been significant developments in our understanding of language learning aptitudes (see, for example, Sternberg 2002; Robinson 2005).”
Interaction and instructed second language acquisition (2018, background): “There are a number of interlocutor individual differences that have been posited to influence interaction, although the amount of research varies depending on the characteristic (Robinson 2005; DeKeyser 2012; Mackey et al. 2012; Baddeley 2015; Li 2017).”
Metalinguistic Knowledge and Language Ability in University-Level L2 Learners (2008, background): “Closely related to this, the question of how the cognitive abilities measured by aptitude tests facilitate learning under different instructional conditions has been raised (Robinson 2001, 2005; Sawyer and Ranta 2001), and answers are beginning to be forthcoming.”
Individual Differences and the Ergodicity Problem (2018, background): “Also in regard to aptitude, Robinson (2005) showed that the accuracy of predictions by MLAT depend on levels of proficiency.”
The Role of Task Complexity, Modality, and Aptitude in Narrative Task Performance (2012, background): “Foreign language (L2) aptitude is considered to be one of the best predictors of language learning success (Abrahamsson & Hyltenstam, 2008; Dörnyei, 2005; Nikolov & Ottó, 2006; Sawyer & Ranta, 2001).”