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A test of foreign language acquisition: paired‐association learning
Author(s) -
Krug Kevin,
Shafer Ted,
Dardick William,
Magalis Chris,
Parenté Rick
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
applied cognitive psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.719
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1099-0720
pISSN - 0888-4080
DOI - 10.1002/acp.781
Subject(s) - psychology , associative learning , test (biology) , association (psychology) , foreign language , language acquisition , cognitive psychology , word association , associative property , verbal learning , cognition , mathematics education , paleontology , mathematics , psychoanalysis , pure mathematics , psychotherapist , biology , neuroscience
This experiment investigated college student difficulties with foreign language acquisition. We developed a word‐sound, paired‐associates learning test that discriminated 92% of the control participants and 95% of the experimental participants. The results are interpreted in terms of an associative model of foreign language learning disability. We discuss how to integrate the test into a larger diagnostic battery for predicting the facility with which a person will be able to learn a foreign language. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.