Individual Differences & Universals in Language Learning Aptitude
Author | : Karl Conrad Diller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Karl Conrad Diller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Robinson |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027216939 |
Second language learners differ in how successfully they adapt to, and profit from, instruction. This book aims to show that adaptation to L2 instruction, and subsequent L2 learning, is a result of the interaction between learner characteristics and learning contexts. Describing and explaining these interactions is fundamentally important to theories of instructed SLA, and for effective L2 pedagogy. This collection is the first to explore this important issue in contemporary task-based, immersion, and communicative pedagogic settings. In the first section, leading experts in individual differences research describe recent advances in theories of intelligence, L2 aptitude, motivation, anxiety and emotion, and the relationship of native language abilities to L2 learning. In the second section, these theoretical insights are applied to empirical studies of individual differences-treatment interactions in classroom learning, experimental studies of the effects of focus on form and incidental learning, and studies of naturalistic versus instructed SLA.
Author | : Peter Skehan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317856546 |
Understanding the way in which learners differ from one another is of fundamental concern to those involved in second-language acquisition, either as researchers or teachers. This account is the first to review at book length the important research into differences, considering matters such as aptitude, motivation, learner strategies, personality and interaction between learner characteristics and types of instruction.
Author | : Susanne M. Reiterer |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 3319919172 |
This book presents original, empirical data from quantitative and qualitative research studies in the field of language learning aptitude, ability, and individual differences. It does so from the perspectives of Second Language Acquisition, psychology, neuroscience and sociolinguistics. All studies included in the book use a similar and uniform layout and methodology. Each chapter contains a study examining factors such as memory, personality, self-concept, bilingualism and multilingualism, education, musicality or gender. The chapters investigate the influence of these concepts on language learning aptitude and ability. Several of these chapters analyse hypotheses which have never been tested before and therefore provide novel research results. The book contributes to the field both by verifying and contesting existent findings and by exploring novel approaches to devising research in the subject area.
Author | : Carol Griffiths |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2020-12-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3030529002 |
This textbook takes a Complex Systems Theory approach to examine individual differences between learners and the potential impact of these variables on the process of acquiring a second language. The authors argue that individual variables cannot provide the complete picture, and that they must instead be understood as part of an interconnected and dynamic system of different factors in order to be useful in a language learning context. Written in an accessible style and suitable for final-year undergraduate and Masters-level students, the book includes clear definitions of key terms, discussion questions for classroom use, practical exercises and activities, and examples of real empirical studies that students and teachers can replicate in their own contexts. This textbook will be of interest to students taking TESOL and SLA courses and modules, as well as those on broader Applied Linguistics programmes.
Author | : Charles J Fillmore |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2014-05-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1483263207 |
Individual Differences in Language Ability and Language Behavior is a collection of papers that discusses differences at the center of the study of language, specifically, on the various dimensions of linguistic ability and behavior along which individuals can differ from each other. Papers also review the development of techniques that measure these dimensions in relation to biological, psychological, and cultural parameters. Some papers review individual differences in language study in terms of different perspectives: that of a psychometrician's, of an individualistic's vantage point, and of a psycholinguistic's. Other papers discuss how each individual accesses, uses, and judges his language through fluency, biases, spatial principles, or a linguistic-phonetic mode. Several papers examine individual differences in language acquisition, such as "profile analysis," strategies in acquisition of sounds, second language learning, and duplication of adult language system. A group of papers addresses the biological aspects of language variation. These biological aspects include selective disorders of syntax (agrammatism), selective disorders of lexical retrieval (anomia), and cerebral lateralization effects in language processing. Certain papers explain individual differences in languages using sociolinguistic analysis. The collection is well suited for linguists, ethnologists, psychologists, and researchers whose works involve linguistics, learning, communications, and syntax.
Author | : Mirosław Pawlak |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 2012-04-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3642208495 |
The volume constitutes an attempt to capture the intricate relationship between individual learner differences and other variables which are of interest to theorists, researchers and practitioners representing such diverse branches of applied linguistics as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics or language teaching methodology. It brings together contributions by Polish and international authors, including leading experts in the field, touching upon changing perspectives on individual variation, cognitive, affective and social variables, learning deficits as well as their impact on learning and teaching. It offers a multifaceted perspective on these problems and shows how theory and research can be translated into classroom practice.
Author | : Peter Skehan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2014-04-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317856554 |
Understanding the way in which learners differ from one another is of fundamental concern to those involved in second-language acquisition, either as researchers or teachers. This account is the first to review at book length the important research into differences, considering matters such as aptitude, motivation, learner strategies, personality and interaction between learner characteristics and types of instruction.
Author | : Leah Roberts |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2012-09-25 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 111848634X |
Every teacher knows that learners are notoriously variable in how successful they are at acquiring a new language. This interdisciplinary volume questions what it is that makes each of us good or bad at learning a second language. Offers a broad overview of current theories, key findings, and methodological approaches in the field Brings together research from language teaching and assessment, psycholinguistics, and the neurobiology of language Provides a sound empirical basis for the development of assessment tools and teaching strategies, and sheds new light on the language learning process Investigates how people differ from each other in how they approach language learning, and in doing so goes beyond other studies which focus primarily on the behavior of groups of learners
Author | : Raphael Berthele |
Publisher | : Language Science Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3961103240 |
Variability in predispositions for language learning has attracted scholarly curiosity for over 100 years. Despite major changes in theoretical explanations and foreign/second language teaching paradigms, some patterns of associations between predispositions and learning outcomes seem timelessly robust. This book discusses evidence from a research project investigating individual differences in a wide variety of domains, ranging from language aptitude over general cognitive abilities to motivational and other affective and social constructs. The focus lies on young learners aged 10 to 12, a less frequently investigated age in aptitude research. The data stem from two samples of multilingual learners in German-speaking Switzerland. The target languages are French and English. The chapters of the book offer two complementary perspectives on the topic: On the one hand, cross-sectional investigations of the underlying structure of these individual differences and their association with the target languages are discussed. Drawing on factor analytical and multivariable analyses, the different components are scrutinized with respect to their mutual dependence and their relative impact on target language skills. The analyses also take into account contextual factors such as the learners’ family background and differences across the two contexts investigated. On the other hand, the potential to predict learner’s skills in the target language over time based on the many different indicators is investigated using machine learning algorithms. The results provide new insights into the stability of the individual dispositions, on the impact of contextual variables, and on empirically robust dimensions within the array of variables tested.