Cognitive contextualists hold that "knowing" is context-sensitive,and that the contextual sensitivity of "knowing" is characterized by such features as being elliptical,vague,gradable,indexical and contrastive.

Based on Carole′s Modern Language Aptitude Test,this paper explores the effects of the three language aptitude components,namely,phonetic coding ability,grammatical sensitivity,rote learning ability on English achievements for Chinese learners in college,with the aim to probe into the gender differences and grade differences on language aptitude components.

The present study examined the relationship between phonological sensitivity and the memory of Chinese characters and English words with Chinese Mainland Putonghua-speaking children as subjects.