Aptitude態(tài)度的重要性

1、Team members and task assignment1.汪建玲 Background And Definition2.周莉萍 Components of Aptitude3.楊詩婷 Two Famous Aptitude Tests4.王亮亮 ExperimentMarjorie Wesche5.毛飄飄 SummaryAptitude1整理課件Background：Lorraine Oblers report(p.53)Definition: people differ in the extent to which they possess a natural ability fo

2、r learning SL.2整理課件An influential psychologist in the field of educational linguistics.Theory a cluster of four abilities that factored into language learning aptitude, separate from verbal intelligence and motivation. John B. CarrollComponents of Aptitude3整理課件Four distinct abilities Developed the M

3、LAT(a language aptitude assessment for adults). Phonemic coding abilityGrammatical sensitivityRote Learning Ability Inductive Language learning ability 4整理課件Phonemic Coding AbilitylistenIdentify the soundMemorizeAn example:“ph”5整理課件Grammatical Sensitivity1) Everything changed.Examples2) He gives me

4、a book.6整理課件Rote Learning AbilityThe ability to form and remember associations between stimuli.Focuses on memorizationLearning by repetition7整理課件Inductive Language Learning AbilityExample:“to” means the direction “at” means the location8整理課件Foreign Language Aptitude TestMLAT ： Modern Language Aptitu

5、de Test - by John B.Carroll and Stanley Sapon(1959)PLAB ： Pimsleur Language Aptitude Batter - by Paul Pimsleur(1965)9整理課件Modern Language Aptitude Test（MLAT）10整理課件Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery（PLAB）11整理課件ExperimentFrom the textbook, we can see that aptitude includes many abilities, and teachers

6、can use the weaknesses and strengths of abilities to place students in proper teaching programs. A study which conducted by Marjorie Wesche(1981) will explain it .12整理課件Group 1: High on analytic but average on memoryGroup 2: Strong in memorybut average on analytic Learners of FrenchGrammatical Struc

7、turesThe functional use of SLin specific situation13整理課件Report Wesche reported that the students who matched with their aptitude profiles had got the satisfactory results and may be able to attain higher levels of achivemens than those who are unmatched.14整理課件SummaryIndividual differences in apitude for language learning are important determing factors in both rate of learing and eventual success in learning.15整理課件ReferencesEllis, R. (2000). Second language acquisition. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.Lightbown, P. M