Relationships between collocational production, language aptitude and personality: High-level proficiency in late L2 acquisition

Lundell, Fanny Forsberg; Sandgren, Maria

doi:10.1075/lllt.35.09for

In:Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment
Edited by Gisela Granena and Mike Long
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 35] 2013
► pp. 231–256

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High-level proficiency in late L2 acquisition

Relationships between collocational production, language aptitude and personality

Fanny Forsberg Lundell | Stockholm University

Maria Sandgren | Södertörn University

Published online: 22 May 2013

https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.35.09for

The aim of the present exploratory study was twofold. The first was to investigate how indicators of high-level proficiency (collocations and grammaticality judgment) related to aptitude in late French L2 learners. Results showed a significant positive correlation between collocations and performance on the LLAMA D (Meara 2005). The second question concerned how personality relates to indicators of high-level L2 proficiency (collocations and grammaticality judgment). Two personality dimensions in the Multicultural Personality Questionnaire (Van der Zee & van Oudenhoven 2000) were significantly and positively correlated with scores for collocations and the LLAMA D. The preliminary findings suggest that collocations are a valid measure for high-level L2 proficiency and that it is necessary to consider both personality and social-psychological factors when predicting successful L2 learning.

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