In addition, traditional language aptitude measures such as the Modern Language Aptitude Test strongly favor decontextualized knowledge of the sort used in taking tests, rather than the sort used in conversation.
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Using these four distinct abilities ( phonetic coding ability, grammatical sensitivity, rote learning ability, and inductive learning ability ), Carroll developed the MLAT, a language aptitude assessment for adults.
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The United States Department of Defense uses a measurement of language learning aptitude, the Defense Language Aptitude Battery, to help place employees in positions that require them to learn a new language.
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Language aptitude research is often criticized for being irrelevant to the problems of language learners, who must attempt to learn a language regardless of whether they are gifted for the task or not.
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Evidence can come from scoring poorly on language learning aptitude assessments, like the Modern Language Aptitude Test, Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery, MLAT for adults ) can provide even stronger evidence for a language learning disability.
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Evidence can come from scoring poorly on language learning aptitude assessments, like the Modern Language Aptitude Test, Pimsleur Language Aptitude Battery, MLAT for adults ) can provide even stronger evidence for a language learning disability.
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SLA theories explain learning processes and suggest causal factors for a possible CP for SLA, mainly attempting to explain apparent differences in language aptitudes of children and adults by distinct learning routes, and clarifying them through psychological mechanisms.
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Instructors evaluate candidates by using obstacle course runs, team events including moving heavy loads such as telephone poles and old jeep trucks through sand as a 12-man team, the Army Physical Fitness Test ( APFT ), a swim assessment, and numerous psychological exams such as IQ tests and the Defense Language Aptitude Battery ( DLAB ) test.
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According to John Carroll and Stanley Sapon, the authors of the Modern Language Aptitude Test ( a similar language aptitude test intended for older subjects ), language learning aptitude does refer to the prediction of how well, relative to other individuals, an individual can learn a foreign language in a given amount of time and under given conditions . The PLAB is intended for use with students in grades 7 through 12.
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According to John Carroll and Stanley Sapon, the authors of the Modern Language Aptitude Test ( a similar language aptitude test intended for older subjects ), language learning aptitude does refer to the prediction of how well, relative to other individuals, an individual can learn a foreign language in a given amount of time and under given conditions . The PLAB is intended for use with students in grades 7 through 12.
