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Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment /

Research in second language acquisition has long posited that learners' individual differences affect ultimate attainment. This chapter reviews studies that examine how learners with differing cognitive aptitudes respond to instructional treatments. Most of these studies showed significant apti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Granena, Gisela (Editor ), Long, Michael H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]
Colección:Language learning and language teaching.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Maturational constraints on child and adult SLA / Mike Long
  • Maturational constraints on lexical acquisition in a second language / Katherine Spadaro
  • Age of acquisition effects or effects of bilingualism in second language ultimate attainment? / Emanuel Bylund, Kenneth Hyltenstam & Niclas Abrahamsson
  • Cognitive aptitudes for second language learning and the LLAMA Language Aptitude Test / Gisela Granena
  • New conceptualizations of language aptitude in second language attainment / Judit Kormos
  • Optimizing post-critical-period language learning / Catherine J. Doughty
  • Reexamining the robustness of aptitude in second language acquisition / Gisela Granena
  • Memory-based aptitude for nativelike selection: the role of phonological short-term memory / Cylcia Bolibaugh & Pauline Foster
  • High-level proficiency in late L2 acquisition: relationships between collocational production, language aptitude and personality / Fanny Forsberg Lundell & Maria Sandgren
  • Some implications of research findings on sensitive periods in language learning for educational policy and practice / Mike Long
  • Aptitude-treatment interaction studies in second language acquisition: Findings and methodology / Karen Vatz, Medha Tare, Scott R. Jackson & Catherine J. Doughty.