Prediction of Foreign Language Skills: A Canonical and Part Canonical Correlation Study.

Ho, David Y. F.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Prediction of Foreign Language Skills: A Canonical and Part Canonical Correlation Study.

Ho, David Y. F.

Contemporary Educational Psychology, v12 n2 p119-30 Apr 1987

First-year University of Hong Kong students were subjects in a study using sex, verbal intelligence, personality, and attitudinal variables as predictors of English language skills. Results showed that levels of proficiency in reading, writing, listening, and speaking were independent of one another. (LMO)

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Correlation, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intelligence, Language Skills, Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Sex, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong

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