SLA and individual differences: An overview

Zhisheng Wen, Richard L. Sparks

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Abstract

The introductory chapter summarizes the background and rationale for this volume. It illustrates how the current volume expands on previous publications with new and distinctive features. In particular, important individual differences (IDs) of age, intelligence, aptitude, working memory, attention, strategies, meta-cognition, self-regulation, anxiety, reading, and writing as well as L2 learning difficulties are featured as they have not been discussed so systematically. In essence, this volume provides systematically organized (as its subtitle indicates, theories, assessment, research, and pedagogy), comprehensive and in-depth reviews on each of the key IDs believed to play an important role in SLA.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition
Subtitle of host publicationTheories, Assessment and Pedagogy
Publisherde Gruyter
Pages1-16
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781614514749
ISBN (Print)9781614516767
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Apr 2023

Keywords

  • Complex dynamic systems theory (CDST)
  • Individual differences
  • L2 learning
  • Second language acquisition
  • Universal Grammar (UG)
  • Usage-based accounts

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