The sixth and the last online academic seminar of the Spring Semester of 2020-2021 will be given by Dr. Yasser Teimouri. The title of his talk is "The Hare and the Tortoise: The Race on the Course of L2 Learning."

The seminar will be held in English.

Defined as a combination of perseverance and passion for long-term goals (Duckworth et al., 2007), grit has been argued to be as important as talent in determining the success of students, adding incremental predictive validity for achievement criteria above and beyond natural or inherent ability (Duckworth et al., 2007; Duckworth & Quinn, 2009).

In this study, I examined the comparative effects of L2 aptitude and L2 grit on the L2 achievement of the students. I also explored how age, L2 learning experience, and gender of the students influenced their L2 aptitude and L2 grit levels. The findings showed that L2 aptitude and L2 grit had similar, positive effects in predicting language achievement measures. Moreover, some aspects of the students' language aptitude and L2 grit are susceptible to change as they age and gain more L2 learning experiences, but their gender play no reliable part in this regard.

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