Descriptors-academic Aptitude. Aptitude Tests. *french, Hypothesis Testing. Language Ability. Proficiency. Learning Motivation. *research. *secondary School Students, *second Language Learni14,1= Attitudes, Statistical Data, Student Attitudes. *student Motivation
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Montreal high school students studying French as a second language completed a battery of tests including measures of linguistic aptitude. verbal intelligence, and various attitudinal and motivational characteristics. Analysis of the intercorrelations of these tests yielded two orthogonal factors equally related to ratings of achievement in French: a linguistic aptitude and a "motivational" factor. It was also found that maximum ediction of success in second-language acquisition was obtained from tests of: verbal intelligence. intensity of .motivation to learn the other language. students' purposes in studying that language, and one index of linguistic aptitude. (Author)
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