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, Raquel, Llanes, Àngels
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Palavra-chave:Stay abroad
Young learners
Aptitude
Grammar
Formulaic sequences
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spelling An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroadSerrano, RaquelLlanes, ÀngelsStay abroadYoung learnersAptitudeGrammarFormulaic sequencesThe 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.This research was supported by Grant FFI2010-18006 and Grant 2009SGR137.University of Vigo2015info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/59757reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//FFI2010-18006Reproducció del document publicat a http://vialjournal.webs.uvigo.es/pdf/Vial-2015-Article5.pdfVigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2015, vol. 12, p. 107-126(c) Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/597572026-06-24T12:42:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
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, Raquel
Stay abroad
Young learners
Aptitude
Grammar
Formulaic sequences
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
title_fullStr An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
title_full_unstemmed An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
title_sort An exploratory study of the role of age and language learning aptitude in a short stay abroad
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Serrano, Raquel
Llanes, Àngels
author Serrano, Raquel
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Llanes, Àngels
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Stay abroad
Young learners
Aptitude
Grammar
Formulaic sequences
topic Stay abroad
Young learners
Aptitude
Grammar
Formulaic sequences
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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