Language aptitude advancing theory, testing, research and practice / edited by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Adriana Biedro¿, Shaofeng Li and Richard Sparks.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Taylor & Francis, [2019] |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Wen, Zhisheng. |
| Other author/creator | Skehan, Peter. |
| Other author/creator | Biedro¿, Adriana. |
| Other author/creator | Li, Shaofeng. |
| Other author/creator | Sparks, Richard L. |
| Series | Second language acquisition research series ; 1 |
| Contents | Foreword / by Rod Ellis -- 1. Introduction and Overview / Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Adriana Biedron, Shaofeng Li and Richard Sparks -- Revisiting and updating tests and theories: 2. the mlat at 60 years / Charles Stansfield, and Daniel Reed -- 3. Development and preliminary validation of a foreign language aptitude test for Chinese learners of foreign languages / Lanrong Li, and Shaoqian Luo -- 4. Language aptitude implicates language AND cognitive skills / Peter Skehan -- 5. Six decades of language aptitude research: A comprehensive and critical review / Shaofeng Li -- Part II: Emerging Insights on Age and Ultimate Attainment: 6. Difficulty and ease in learning foreign languages at the primary school level: general learning ability, language aptitude or working memory? / Amelia Lambelet, and Raphael Berthele -- 7. Language aptitude: Insights from U.S. high school students / Richard Sparks, Jon Patton, and Julie Luebbers -- 8. Language aptitude: Insights from Hyperpolyglots / Michael Erard -- 9. Language aptitude: Insights from L2 exceptional adult learners / Adriana Biedro¿ -- Part III: Redefining Cognitive Constructs and Models: 10. Working memory as language aptitude: The Phonological/Executive Model / Zhisheng (Edward) Wen -- 11. Declarative and procedural memory as individual differences in language aptitude / Joshua Buffington, and Kara Morgan-Short -- 12. Cognitive aptitudes for explicit and implicit learning / Gisela Granena, and Yucel Yilmaz -- Part IV: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience: 13. Neurophysiological indicators of the linguistic components of language aptitude / Jinxing Yue -- 14. Neuro-psycho-cognitive markers for pronunciation/speech imitation as language aptitude / Susanne Reiterer -- 15. Towards a neurocognitive model for interpreting expertise / Minhua Liu -- Part V: Research Agenda and Future Directions: 16. The future of language aptitude research / Robert Dekeyser -- 17. From individual differences in language aptitude to personalized learning / Loan C. Vuong, and Patrick CM Wong. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018052823 |
| ISBN | 9781138563865 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781138563872 (pbk.) |
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