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Wen, Skehan, Biedron, Li & Sparks–Language Aptitude (SLA Research Series, Routledge)
Language Aptitude: Advancing Theory, Testing, Research and Practice Edited By: Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Andriana Biedron, Shaofeng Li & Richard Sparks
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Contributors Foreword (Rod Ellis, Curtin University) 1. Introduction and Overview Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, Andriana Biedron, Shaofeng Li and Richard Sparks Part I Revisiting and Updating Tests and Theories 2. The MLAT at 60 Years Charles Stansfield (Language Learning and Testing Foundation) & Daniel Reed (Michigan State University) 3. Development and preliminary validation of a foreign language aptitude test for Chinese learners of foreign languages Lanrong Li (Florida State University) & Shaoqian Luo (Beijing Normal University) 4. Foreign language aptitude implicates language AND cognitive skills Peter Skehan (St. Mary’s University College) 5. Six decades of language aptitude research: A comprehensive and critical review Shaofeng Li (University of Auckland) 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 & Raphael Berthele (University of Fribourg)
Wen, Skehan, Biedron, Li & Sparks–Language Aptitude (SLA Research Series, Routledge)
7. Language aptitude: Insights from U.S. high school students Richard Sparks (Mount St Joseph University) 8. Language aptitude: Insights from Hyperpolyglots Michael Erard (Max Planck Institute) 9. Language aptitude: Insights from adult L2 exceptional learners Adriana Biedron (Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk) Part III Redefining Cognitive Constructs and Models 10. Phonological and executive working memory as language aptitude Zhisheng (Edward) Wen (Macao Polytechnic Institute) 11. Declarative and procedural memory as language aptitude Kara Morgan-Short & Joshua Buffington (University of Illinois at Chicago) 12. Cognitive aptitudes for explicit and implicit Learning Gisela Granena (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) & Yucel Yilmaz (Indiana University) 13. Neurophysiological indicators of the linguistic components of language aptitude Jinxing Yue (Harbin Institute of Technology) 14. Towards a neurocognitive model for interpreting expertise Minhua Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University) 15. Brain and Aptitude: Neuro-psycho-cognitive markers for pronunciation/speech imitation as language aptitude Susanne Reiterer (University of Vienna) Part IV Reorienting Future Research and Directions 16. The future of language aptitude research Robert Dekeyser (University of Maryland) 17. From individual differences in language aptitude to personalized learning Loan C. Vuong & Patrick CM Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
