Language Aptitude : Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice /: Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Adriana Biedroń, Shaofeng Li, Richard L. Sparks.
• Editors: Wen, Zhisheng (Edward); Skehan, Peter; Biedroń, Adriana; Li, Shaofeng; Sparks, Richard L
• Contents: List of Contributors Foreword by Rod Ellis Acknowledgments 1. Introduction and Overview Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Adriana Biedroń, Shaofeng Li and Richard L. Sparks Part I Revisiting and Updating Tests and Theories 2. The MLAT at 60 Years Charles W.. Stansfield, and Daniel J. Reed 3. Development and preliminary validation of a foreign language aptitude test for Chinese learners of foreign languages Lanrong Li, and Shaoqian (Sheila) 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 L. Sparks, Jon Patton, and Julie Luebbers 8. Language aptitude: Insights from Hyperpolyglots Michael Erard 9. Language aptitude: Insights from L2 adult exceptional learners Adriana Biedroń 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 second 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. In search of a cognitive 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 Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (350 pages), (29 illustrations)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351348263; 1351348264
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