Psycholinguistic Issues in the Assessment of the Sub-Components of Language Abilities.

摘要: Drawing on recent psychological and neurological research how individual differences might interact with learning a particular language, the study examines psycholinguistic theory can help in assigning military personnel to language training given language. Using Defense Language Institute's Aptitude Battery (DLAB) for reference, five categories of difficulty are described, based degree difference from English. Research is reviewed identify potential methods improving DLAB measure traits allowing student excel at certain languages or skills. presents difficulties orthography, phonology, lexicon, morphosyntax, syntactic processing, use, strategies. For each there rich literature that be used as basis additional measures learner abilities. In practice, it may useful increase emphasis prediction second first It also easier skill processing aspects concluded more finely tuned skills needed predict problems caused by differences. (Contains 111 references.) (MSE) Reproductions supplied EDRS best made original document. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND 1, DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY