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    The MLAT-E aims to predict a person's ability to learn a foreign language and consists of 4 parts that assess skills like associating sounds with symbols, recognizing syntactic structures, distinguishing speech sounds, and learning new sound-meaning relationships through numbers. Sample questions are provided for each part to illustrate the task.

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    The MLAT-E aims to predict a person's ability to learn a foreign language and consists of 4 parts that assess skills like associating sounds with symbols, recognizing syntactic structures, distinguishing speech sounds, and learning new sound-meaning relationships through numbers. Sample questions are provided for each part to illustrate the task.

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    TSL 3112-LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

    LANGUAGE APTITUDE TEST


    Lecturer: Dr. Rafiah Bt. Abd. Rahman Presenter: Siti Hajar Bt. Zaid @ Sahid Siti Nabihah Bt. Mustaffa

    What is Aptitude Test?


    The purpose of language aptitude test is to predict a persons success to exposure to the foreign language. Language aptitude tests does not refer to whether or not an individual can learn a foreign language; but it refers to how well an individual can learn a foreign language in a given amount of time and under given conditions

    SAMPLE TEST: Modern Language Aptitude Test Elementary (MLAT-E)

    PART 1 HIDDEN WORDS


    It has 30 items. It requires the ability to associate sounds with symbols and depends on knowledge of English vocabulary.

    Sample Test

    -The word at the left of the group is not spelled in the usual way. Instead, it is spelled approximately as it is pronounced. -The task of the pupil is to recognize the disguised word from the spelling and select one of the four words beside it that corresponds most closely in meaning to the disguised word.
    -Correct Answers: 1. wntr is a disguised spelling of winter, which is a season

    PART 2 MATCHING WORDS


    It has 30 questions. The questions test on recognition, analogy, and understanding of syntactic structures. No explicit reference is made to grammatical terminology.

    Sample Test

    - The first sentence is called the key sentence. - One word in the key sentence will be underlined and printed in capital letters. - The task is to select the word in the second sentence that plays the same role as the the key sentence. - The correct answer is cake. - In the first sentence, something was caught, and the thing that was caught was a FISH. In the second sentence, something was cut, and that thing was a cake.

    PART 3 FINDING RHYMES


    It has 40 items. The test measures the pupils ability to hear and make distinctions between speech sounds. Some knowledge of English vocabulary is required for this part.

    Sample Test

    -The word in CAPS is called the stimulus. -The pupils are asked to mark the box next to the word that best rhymes with the stimulus. -The correct answer is by replacing vine with dime.

    PART 4 NUMBER LEARNING


    It has 25 possible points. It tests auditory and memory abilities associated with sound-meaning relationships. Test-takers will learn the names of numbers in a new language. They will hear the names of numbers spoken aloud, and will be asked to write down these numbers.

    Sample Test
    The speaker will say something like:

    - Now I will teach you some numbers in the new language. First, we will learn some single-digit numbers: ba is one baba is two dee is three - Now I will say the name of the number in the new language, and you write down the number you hear. Try to do so before I tell you the answer : ba -- That was one dee - That was three baba - That was two

    - Now we will learn some two -digit numbers: tu is twenty ti is thirty tu-ba is twenty-one in this language -- because tu is twenty and ba is one. ti-ba is thirty-one because ti is thirty and ba is one. - Now lets begin. Write down the number you hear. a. ti-ba [you have only about 5 seconds to write down your answer] Correct Answers: b. ti-dee a. 31 b. 33 c. baba c. 2 d. tu-dee
    d. 23

    Resources:
    http://lltf.net/aptitude-tests/language-aptitudetests/mlat-elementary/mlat-e-sample-items/ http://lltf.net/mlat-sample-items/mlat-e-part-1/ http://lltf.net/mlat-sample-items/mlat-e-part-2/ http://lltf.net/mlat-sample-items/mlat-e-part-3/ http://lltf.net/mlat-sample-items/mlat-e-part-4/

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