Developing, Piloting, and Validating an Instrument to Measure Young Learners’ Aptitude
Developing, Piloting, and Validating an Instrument to Measure Young Learners’ Aptitude
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开发、试点和验证衡量年轻学习者能力的工具
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2005
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Marianne Nikolov
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C. Kiss;Marianne Nikolov
这项研究旨在为匈牙利英语学习者开发、试验和验证能力倾向测试。在对能力倾向的结构和测试进行文献回顾之后，分为两部分：一是关于开发新的能力倾向测试的试验阶段；二是对10所学校的419名12岁儿童进行的主要研究。收集了能力倾向测试、英语水平测试和一项衡量学习者动机的数据。本文探讨了能力倾向分数与学习者在英语水平测量、动机、性别、学业成绩和英语成绩等方面的表现之间的关系。多元回归分析的结果表明，语言能力变量解释了英语语言成绩的20%以上的变异，因此被证明是最好的结果预测因子。
This study aimed to develop, pilot, and validate an aptitude test for Hungarian learners of English. A literature review on the construct and tests of aptitude is followed by two parts: a pilot phase on the development of a new aptitude test and a main study involving 419 12-year-old children in 10 schools. Data were collected on the aptitude test, English proficiency tests, and a measure of learners’ motivation. The article explores how aptitude scores relate to learners’ performances on the proficiency measure, motivation, gender, school achievements, and grades in English. The results of a multiple-regression analysis indicate that the variable of language aptitude explained over 20% of the variation in English language performance, thus proving to be the best predictor of outcomes.