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| Cognitive Development | 1 |
| Concept Formation | 1 |
| Error Analysis (Language) | 1 |
| Information Processing | 1 |
| Language Aptitude | 1 |
| Learning Processes | 1 |
| Long Term Memory | 1 |
| Second Language Learning | 1 |
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| Language Testing | 1 |
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| McLaughlin, Barry | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Barry – Language Testing, 1995
Discusses the question of aptitude from within an information-processing perspective, examines how aptitude is conceptualized in this framework, and discusses one possible component of L2 aptitude: working memory. (56 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Error Analysis (Language), Information Processing


