Publications
Publication details [#50074]
Sparks, Richard. 2001. Aptitude for learning a foreign language. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 21 : 90–111.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study reviews foreign language aptitude research prior to and during the 1990s. Research thinking in the 1990s includes affective variables, language acquisition strategies, and acquisition styles as contributors to foreign language aptitude; also research on individual differences in language acquisition and the significance of phonological/orthographic processing for foreign language acquisition.