Title: Language aptitude : advancing theory, testing, research and practice /
Authors: Wen, Zhisheng; Skehan, Peter,; Biedroń, Adriana,; Li, Shaofeng; Sparks, Richard L.
Year: 2019
Subjects: Language and languages Ability testing; Second language acquisition; Language and languages Study and teaching; Language and languages Ability testing; Language and languages Study and teaching; Second language acquisition
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 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 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.