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Word of the Day: Aptitude
An aptitude is a natural skill or ability with which someone is born.
Most language students work very hard to improve their skills in the language they are studying.
However, sometimes, a student seems to learn super quickly.
Some people are naturally good at math, others at baseball, and still others at different things.
That’s the way it goes.
An aptitude for something doesn’t mean a person doesn’t have to study.
It means they will learn more quickly than those without a natural aptitude for that subject.
Often, we get jealous of these people, but we shouldn’t because it is not their fault.
These people, who are very good at learning languages or other topics, have a natural aptitude for languages.
The good news is that most of us have an aptitude for something.
If you don’t know what you have a particular skill for, spring is a great time to discover it.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 73.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.
