Language Aptitude Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781316513996 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 546 str.

Opis

Provides a comprehensive, up-to-date account of language aptitude theories, test development, research paradigms and practical implications.

Recenzje

'This edited volume represents a very significant milestone in language aptitude research and second language acquisition research more broadly. It maintains a good balance between theory and practice and provides a very thorough review of both historical and state-of-the-art development of the field. From students who are just entering the field to seasoned researchers, this volume will prove to be an important scholarly resource. Practitioners will find it to be an indispensable reference as well.' Patrick C.M. Wong, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Linguistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Spis treści

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Language aptitude research: from testing to theory and practice Zhisheng Wen, Peter Skehan and Richard Sparks; Part I. Revisiting and Refining Aptitude Tests: 2. The MLAT-Elementary: history, adaptations and current uses Daniel Reed and Charles Stansfield; 3. Testing language aptitude: LLAMA evolution and refinement Vivienne Rogers, Paul Meara and Brian Rogers; 4. The High-Level Language Aptitude Test Battery (Hi-LAB): development, validation and use Meredith Hughes, Ewa Golonka, Alison Tseng and Susan Campbell; 5. Exploring the predictive validity of the LLAMA language aptitude tests: a research synthesis Lars Bokander; Part II. Aptitude Testing of Diverse Groups: 6. Testing language aptitude for Chinese learners of foreign languages: FLAT-C vs. LLAMA Zhao Haiyong, Luo Shaoqian and Fu Ailan; 7. Testing language aptitude for recently arrived parent-child immigrant dyads Amelia Lambelet; 8. Is language aptitude immune to experience? Divergent evidence from bilingualism vs. blindness Niclas Abrahamsson and Helena Smeds; 9. Testing language aptitude: reanalysis of batteries and constructs Peter Skehan; Part III. Innovative Perspectives and Paradigms: 10. The neurobiology of language aptitude, musicality and working memory Sabrina Turker and Susanne Reiterer, 11. The Linguistic Coding Differences Hypothesis (LCDH) and L2 learning: a thirty-year retrospective Richard Sparks; 12. Variability of language aptitude and working memory in EFL learners' listening development Pengyun Chang and Lawrence Jun Zhang; 13. An aptitude model for translation and interpreting: insights from translanguaging theory Lili Han, Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Zi-yu Lin and Wei Li; Part IV. Aptitude Treatment Interactions (ATI): 14. Language aptitude and timing of form-focused instruction in TBLT Gabriel Michaud and Ahlem Ammar; 15. Implicit (not explicit) learning aptitude predicts the acquisition of difficult (not easy) structure: a visual-world eye-tracking study Yuichi Suzuki, Robert DeKeyser and Yi Ting Huang; 16. Implicit/statistical learning and second language outcomes: a Bayesian meta-analysis Daniel Jackson and Ryo Maie; Part V. Final Commentaries: 17. Reflections on language aptitude: theory, research and measurement Peter Skehan; 18. Epilogue: the nature and measurement of language aptitude – what are the important questions? Michael Bunting; Index.