An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of age and aptitude on the second language (L2) gains made in English by a group of Catalan/Spanish bilinguals who spent three weeks in the United Kingdom. The participants included 39 learners aged between 12 and 17 years old. Aptitude was measured...

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Autores: Serrano Serrano, Raquel, Llanes Baró, Àngels
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/164058
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Palabra clave:Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Immersió lingüística
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
Immersion method (Language teaching)
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spelling An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroadSerrano Serrano, RaquelLlanes Baró, ÀngelsEnsenyament de llengüesAdquisició d'una segona llenguaImmersió lingüísticaLanguage teachingSecond language acquisitionImmersion method (Language teaching)The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of age and aptitude on the second language (L2) gains made in English by a group of Catalan/Spanish bilinguals who spent three weeks in the United Kingdom. The participants included 39 learners aged between 12 and 17 years old. Aptitude was measured through a vocabulary test (LLAMA B, Meara, 2005), which examines rote memory. Participants' L2 skills were analyzed through a grammaticality judgment test (GJT) and a formulaic sequences test (FST). The results indicate that the L2 learners made significant gains in the two tests after a three-week stay abroad. Additionally, both age and aptitude had a significant impact on the type of language gains the learners made: older learners outperformed younger learners in the two tasks, and high aptitude learners outperformed low aptitude learners in the FST. Nevertheless, no interactions were observed between L2 gains and age or aptitude.Universidade de Vigo2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/164058Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://vialjournal.webs.uvigo.es/number_12.htmlVIAL.Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2015, num. 12, p. 107-126(c) Universidade de Vigo, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1640582026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
spellingShingle An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
Serrano Serrano, Raquel
Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Immersió lingüística
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
Immersion method (Language teaching)
title_short An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
title_full An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serrano Serrano, Raquel
Llanes Baró, Àngels
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Llanes Baró, Àngels
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Immersió lingüística
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
Immersion method (Language teaching)
topic Ensenyament de llengües
Adquisició d'una segona llengua
Immersió lingüística
Language teaching
Second language acquisition
Immersion method (Language teaching)
description The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of age and aptitude on the second language (L2) gains made in English by a group of Catalan/Spanish bilinguals who spent three weeks in the United Kingdom. The participants included 39 learners aged between 12 and 17 years old. Aptitude was measured through a vocabulary test (LLAMA B, Meara, 2005), which examines rote memory. Participants' L2 skills were analyzed through a grammaticality judgment test (GJT) and a formulaic sequences test (FST). The results indicate that the L2 learners made significant gains in the two tests after a three-week stay abroad. Additionally, both age and aptitude had a significant impact on the type of language gains the learners made: older learners outperformed younger learners in the two tasks, and high aptitude learners outperformed low aptitude learners in the FST. Nevertheless, no interactions were observed between L2 gains and age or aptitude.
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