THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF LANGUAGE APTITUDE
THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF LANGUAGE APTITUDE
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语言能力的结构效度
DOI：
10.1017/s027226311500042x
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Shaofeng Li
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作者：
Shaofeng Li
本研究综合了过去50年的研究成果，对语言能力倾向的结构效度进行了元分析。本研究旨在通过汇总主要研究中关于其与其他个体差异变量以及与第二语言（L2）成绩的相关性的数据，来提供对该结构的全面理解。共检索到66项研究，这些研究基于109个独特样本和13，035名外语学习者提供了效应量。结果表明：（1）能力倾向独立于其他认知和情感因素，它与动机不同，与焦虑负相关，与智力重叠，但又有区别：（2）执行工作记忆与能力倾向和能力倾向成分的相关性比语音短时记忆更强;（3）能力倾向对二语总体水平有较强的预测作用，但对词汇学习和二语写作的预测效度较低;（4）不同的能力倾向对学习的不同方面表现出不同的预测效度。这些发现有助于解决语言能力倾向的一些难题，并为如何重新概念化该结构和重新定位研究提供了启示。
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the construct validity of language aptitude by synthesizing the existing research that has been accumulated over the past five decades. The study aimed to provide a thorough understanding of the construct by aggregating the data reported in the primary research on its correlations with other individual difference variables and with second language (L2) achievement. A total of 66 studies were retrieved that contributed effect sizes based on 109 unique samples and 13,035 foreign language learners. The results revealed that (1) aptitude was independent of other cognitive and affective factors: it was distinct from motivation, had a negative correlation with anxiety, and overlapped with, but was distinguishable from, intelligence; (2) executive working memory was more strongly associated with aptitude and aptitude components than phonological short-term memory; (3) aptitude measured using full-length tests was a strong predictor of general L2 proficiency, but it had low predictive validity for vocabulary learning and L2 writing; and (4) different aptitude components demonstrated differential predictive validity for different aspects of learning. The findings are useful for tackling a number of conundrums surrounding language aptitude and shed light on how to reconceptualize the construct and reorient the research.
影响因子：
7.6
作者：
Westen, D;Rosenthal, R
通讯作者：
Rosenthal, R