Individual differences in second language learning / Leah Roberts and Antje Meyer, editors.
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TextSeries: (The Language Learning--Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Congnitive Neuroscience series)Publication details: Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012Description: v, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 9781118486344 Subject(s): Second language acquisition | Individual differences | Individualized education programsLOC classification: P118.6 | .I52 2012Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Foreword_Page :v
Individual Differences in Second Language Learning: Introduction_Author :Antje Meyer_Page :4
Individual Differences in L2 Learning and Long-Term L1-L2 Relationships_Author :Richard L. Sparks_Page :27
Nature and Nurture in School-Based Second Language Achievement_Author :Robert Plomin_Page :48
Determinants of Success in Native and Non-Native Listening Comprehension: An Individual Differences Approach_Author :Jan Hulstijn_Page :78
Individual Differences in the Acquisition of a Complex L2 Phonology: A Training Study_Author :Falk Huettig_Page :109
Structural Connectivity Underpinning Language Aptitude, Working Memory, and IQ in the Perisylvian Language Network_Author :Peter Hagoort_Page :130
irst and Second Language Speech Perception: Graded Learning_Author :Begona Diaz_Page :147
Second Language Proficiency and Cross-Language Lexical Activation_Author :Darren Tanner_Page :171
Individual Differences in Second Language Sentence Processing_Author :Leah Roberts_Page :188
Interactions Between Individual Differences, Treatments, and Structures in SLA_Author :Robert DeKeyser_Page :200
Author Index_Page :209
Subject Index_Page :212
Every teacher knows that learners are notoriously variable in how successful they are at acquiring a new language. This interdisciplinary volume questions what it is that makes each of us good or bad at learning a second language. Offers a broad overview of current theories, key findings, and methodological approaches in the field. Brings together research from language teaching and assessment, psycholinguistics, and the neurobiology of language. Provides a sound empirical basis for the development of assessment tools and teaching strategies, and sheds new light on the language learning process. Investigates how people differ from each other in how they approach language learning, and in doing so goes beyond other studies which focus primarily on the behavior of groups of learners.
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