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The MLAT consists of five sections, each one testing separate abilities.
Number Learning
This section is designed in part to measure the subject’s memory as well as an “auditory alertness” factor which would affect the subject’s auditory comprehension of a foreign language.
Phonetic Script
This section is designed to measure the subject’s sound-symbol association ability, which is the ability to learn correlations between a speech sound and written symbols.
Spelling Clues/Hidden Words
This highly speeded section is designed to test the subject’s vocabulary knowledge of English as well as his/her sound-symbol association ability.
Words in Sentences
This section is designed to measure the subject’s sensitivity to grammatical structure without using any grammatical terminology.
Paired Associates
This section is designed to measure the subject’s rote memorization ability, which is a typical component of foreign language learning. |
