Language Aptitude
Language Aptitude

Author: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-02

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1351348264

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Language Aptitude: Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice brings together cutting-edge global perspectives on foreign language aptitude. Drawing from educational psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience, the editors have assembled interdisciplinary authors writing for an applied linguistics and education audience. The book is broken into five major themes: revisiting and updating current language aptitude theories and models; emerging insights from contemporary research into language aptitude and the age factor or the critical period hypothesis; redefining constructs and broadening territories of foreign language aptitude; exploring language aptitude from a neurocognitive perspective; and exploring future directions of foreign language aptitude research. Focused on critical issues in foreign language aptitude and second language learning and teaching, this book will be an important research resource and supplemental reading in both applied linguistics and cognitive psychology.

Language Aptitude Theory and Practice
Language Aptitude Theory and Practice

Author: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-04-30

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 1316513998

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Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of language aptitude theories, test development, research paradigms and practical implications.

Language Aptitude Theory and Practice
Language Aptitude Theory and Practice

Author: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-04-30

Total Pages: 523

ISBN-13: 1009084801

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The last few years have witnessed exponential growth in research output within the field of language aptitude. With contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume provides the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date overview of developments in language aptitude theory and practice. It addresses central and newly emerging methodological and theoretical issues, and revisits and re-examines the most popular language aptitude tests, including the most durable and innovative batteries. It also provides in-depth demonstrations of language aptitude research paradigms, including well-established and emerging ones, scrutinizing them from multidisciplinary perspectives. Aptitude treatment interactions studies are reported and discussed, and pedagogical implications are provided, to illuminate theory construction, test development, policymaking, curriculum design and classroom practice. Seamlessly integrating theory, research, assessment and practice, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn more about language learning, training and teaching, and will further advance the research in this exciting, fast-paced field.

Practice in a Second Language
Practice in a Second Language

Author: Robert DeKeyser

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-03-12

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 9780521684040

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This volume focuses on 'practice' from a theoretical perspective and includes implications for the classroom.

Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning
Aptitude-Treatment Interaction in Second Language Learning

Author: Robert M. DeKeyser

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2021-04-21

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 902725978X

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This volume brings together seven empirical studies about aptitude-treatment interactions (ATI), i.e., about how (second language) learners with different aptitudes match or don’t match with different educational treatments; and aptitude-testing interactions, i.e., about how learners with different aptitudes perform better or worse depending on the way their knowledge and skills are tested. The authors are all established researchers or rising stars in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), who believe that little can be said about the effectiveness of teaching and testing methods or techniques without taking individual differences into account. Many of the studies corroborate in SLA what has become a central finding in the psychological and educational research about ATI: the more a method puts the burden of information processing on the student, the bigger the role of the corresponding aptitudes. The kinds of findings documented in this volume contribute to a scientific basis for the art of language teaching that will become increasingly useful as emerging technologies make adaptation to individuals and groups more feasible. Originally published as special issue of Journal of Second Language Studies 2:2 (2019).

Motivation and Foreign Language Learning
Motivation and Foreign Language Learning

Author: David Lasagabaster

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2014-07-31

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 9027269750

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Motivation is a key aspect of second language learning. There is no doubt that abstract models are basic to gain theoretical insights into motivation; however, teachers and researchers demand comprehensible explanations for motivation that can help them to improve their everyday teaching and research. The aim of this book is to provide both theoretical insights and practical suggestions to improve motivation in the classroom. With this in mind, the book is divided into two sections: the first part includes innovative ideas regarding language learning motivation, whereas the second is focused on the relationship between different approaches to foreign language learning – such as EFL (English as a foreign language), CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) or immersion – and motivation. Both sections have an emphasis on pedagogical implications that are rooted in both theoretical and empirical work.

Sensitive Periods, Language Aptitude, and Ultimate L2 Attainment
Sensitive Periods, Language Aptitude, and Ultimate L2 Attainment

Author: Gisela Granena

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 9789027213129

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Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in naturalistic settings, respectively. It is not surprising, therefore, that recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the combination of age and aptitude as a powerful explanatory factor in SLA, and central to a viable SLA theory. The chapters in this volume provide new studies and reviews of research findings on age effects, bilingualism effects, maturational constraints and sensitive periods in SLA, the sub-components of language aptitude and the development of new aptitude measures, the influence of AO and aptitude in combination on SLA, aptitude-treatment interactions, and the implications of the research findings for language education policy and tailored language instruction.

Implicit Language Aptitude
Implicit Language Aptitude

Author: Gisela Granena

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 1108788718

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It is a well-known fact that some adult second language learners learn more rapidly and/or to a higher level of proficiency than others. Some of these individual differences have been linked to differences in cognitive and perceptual abilities under the umbrella term of 'language aptitude'. The notion of language aptitude has undergone recent developments, one of which is the proposal that language aptitude includes cognitive abilities that involve implicit processes and that are advantageous in learning a language without awareness. This Element defines implicit language aptitude, examines tasks that can be used to measure implicit language aptitude, and provides an overview of relevant research in this area.

The Psychology of the Language Learner
The Psychology of the Language Learner

Author: Zoltán Dörnyei

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-04-04

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1135704783

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The scope of individual learner differences is broad, yet there is no current, comprehensive, and unified volume that provides an overview of the considerable amount of research conducted on various language learner differences, until now.