Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition : : Theories, Assessment and Pedagogy / / Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Adriana Biedroń, Richard L. Sparks, Mark Feng Teng.
This book presents comprehensive, thorough and updated analyses of key cognitive individual difference factors (e.g., age, intelligence, language aptitude, working memory, metacognition, learning strategies, and anxiety) as they relate to the acquisition, processing, assessment, and pedagogy of seco...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XII, 338 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword
- 1 SLA and Individual Differences: An Overview
- Part I: Age, Intelligence, Aptitude and Affect
- 2 The Age Factor and the Critical Period Hypothesis
- 3 Intelligence
- 4 Foreign Language Aptitude
- 5 Language Aptitude, Psychological and Affective Factors
- Part II: Memory, Attention and Noticing
- 6 Phonological and Executive Working Memory
- 7 Consciousness, Attention and Noticing
- Part III: Learning Strategies, Metacognition and Self- Regulation
- 8 Language Learning Strategies
- 9 Metacognition
- 10 Self-Regulation
- Part IV: L2 Skills, Learning Difficulties, and Anxiety
- 11 L2 Reading and Writing Skills
- 12 L2 Learning Difficulties and Disabilities
- 13 L2 Anxiety: An Affective Factor or a Linguistic Variable?
- Epilogue
- 14 Individual Differences in SLA–Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Author Profiles
- Index