Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition: Theories, Assessment and Pedagogy

✍ Scribed by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen; Richard L. Sparks; Adriana Biedroń; Mark Feng Teng

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 350
Series: Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]; 19
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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 second or foreign languages. Critical reviews and in-depth research syntheses of these pivotal cognitive learner factors are put into historical and broader contexts, drawing upon the multiple authors' extensive research experience, penetrating insights and unique perspectives spanning applied linguistics, teacher training, educational psychology, and cognitive science. The carefully crafted chapters provide essential course readings and valuable references for seasoned researchers and aspiring postgraduate students in the broad fields of instructed second language acquisition, foreign language training, teacher education, language pedagogy, educational psychology, and cognitive development.　

✦ Table of Contents

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

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