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Tang, Yinjie; Luo, Shaoqian – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
This paper probes into implicit language aptitude (LA), a set of cognitive abilities that showcase learners' unconscious, automatic second language (L2) attainment. Implicit LA is becoming an important part of aptitude research, and advances the understanding of L2 learning mechanism. This paper critiques the construct of implicit LA and proposes…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Tests, Cognitive Ability, Second Language Learning

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