Acquisition of the Communicative Function of Language by Schoolchildren

Predictors Of Teenagers' Learning And Language Abilities Development

“…To understand the mechanism of development of linguistic abilities, let us address the interpretation of the learning concept, which in a broad sense means a complex dynamic system of individual properties of a person determining the productivity of educational activities, the speed and quality of mastering social experience or the readiness to acquire knowledge and ways of action, the readiness to transition to new levels of learning (learning here is understood as the achieved or planned learning outcome). According to Markova (1972), learning is a characteristic of the current development of a student, and learning ability is a characteristic of his potential development opportunities. The concept of "learning ability" was introduced into the science by Menchinskaya (1957) and is similar in meaning to the foreign-language term "ability to learn".…”

“…In the future, the meaning of the term has expanded to include the personal and social characteristics of a person. For example, Markova (1972) proposed such indicators of learning ability as orientation activity in new conditions, perseverance in achieving the set goal, susceptibility and readiness to help another person, etc. At the same time, a number of authors include psychophyological processes in the characteristics of learning ability (excitement and slowdown and their ratio, performance, reaction rate, pace and rhythm of activity); sensory and perceptual processes (grasping or detailing the type of perception, its selectivity, sensitivity, features of the development of auditory or visual sensation), self-regulation of resistance, etc.…”