Recent research has shown that the morphology of certain brain regions may indeed correlate with a number of cognitive skills such as musicality or language ability. The main aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which foreign language aptitude, in particular phonetic coding ability, is influenced by the morphology of Heschl's gyrus (HG; auditory cortex), working memory capacity...

This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship among EFL learners’ language aptitude, anxiety, and willingness to communicate (WTC). Accordingly, two questionnaires and a battery were used: Language Aptitude Battery for Iranian Learners (LABI), Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), and WTC Scale. A total of 164 undergraduate students majoring in English literature and Eng...

This study investigated the relationship between language learning aptitude (LLA) and the use of language learning strategies (LLSs) among a cohort of Iranian EFL students at Urmia University, Iran. The adapted versions of the Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT; Carrol & Sapon, 1983) and Oxford’s (1990) Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) were distributed among the participants (i....

Abstract This paper investigates measures of change to help demonstrate the necessity variability as a developmental mechanism for advancing different features L2 learning (related here primarily writing, but also reading) with particular focus on learners at stages development. To do so, work draws three studies build case using meaningful marker change. Lowie, Wander M. & Marjolijn Verspo...

Web-based aptitude tests which are a particular category of aptitude tests can be used for a large number of users to test their competence, knowledge and aptitude with standardised testing methods. The webbased solution is getting more and more important, because of the recent technological advances and low cost, high effectiveness, overall availability, and an easy distribution. We analysed a...

Academic Guidance in Iranian Educational System: Practical Experiences and Lasting Challenges   A. Navidi, Ph.D.*   To identify the shortcomings and challenges facing the academic guidance program in the Iranian educational system, as reflected  in over fifty years of research in this area, more than fifty research reports are examined and the ups and downs of this program ar...

Universities are knowledge based organizations whose functions are largely confined to teaching and research. They are designed to operate to discover and disseminate knowledge by possessing significant and relevant expertise in all disciplines. India has a very vast structure of education and its higher education sector is now highly advanced, compared to its neighboring countries. The vast ne...

BACKGROUND In 1998, a new selection process which utilised an aptitude test and an interview in addition to previous academic achievement was introduced into an Australian undergraduate medical course. AIMS To test the outcomes of the selection criteria over an 11-year period. METHODS 1174 students who entered the course from secondary school and who enrolled in the MBBS from 1999 through 2...

n 1980, the U.S. Education Department, working with the National Opinion Research Center, began a panel study of high school students known as the “High School and Beyond Study.” The first wave of the study collected achievement test scores for approximately 50,000 high school students who were in either their sophomore or their senior year of high school. The survey also compiled detailed char...

Multisensory integration was assessed using two audiovisual illusions. In the McGurk effect, auditory speech perception is altered by incongruent visual speech. In the Shams illusion, the number of seen flashes is altered by an incongruent number of heard beeps. The illusions were tested in 10-year-old children, whose musical aptitude was also assessed. The strength of the McGurk effect was not...