Individual differences in first and second language ultimate attainment and their causes

Author(s)

• Dąbrowska, Ewa
• Andringa, Sible

Bibliographic Information

Individual differences in first and second language ultimate attainment and their causes

edited by Ewa Dąbrowska and Sible Andringa

（Currents in language learning series / series editor Nick C. Ellis）

Wiley, c2019

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Most language acquisition researchers assume, either implicitly or explicitly, that all first language learners converge on the same grammar. This outcome contrasts sharply with the outcome of L2 acquisition, which is characterized by large individual differences, particularly in adult learners. Futhermore, adult learners rarely, if ever, attain native-like competence. In this issue, eminent scholars from both first and second language acquisition investigate potential causes of individual differences in ultimate attainment. In doing so, they challenge the concept of nativeness and the role of the native speaker in ultimate attainment, they provide further insight into how cognitive ability affects acquisition and attainment, and they problematize the role of time and temporal grainsize in studying ultimate attainment. Taken together, the work presented in this issue provides expectations and lays out the challenges before us on the road to understanding the caues of individual differences in ultimate attainment.

Table of Contents

Sible Andringa and Ewa Dabrowska Individual Differences in First and Second Language Ultimate Attainment and Their Causes..................................................................................5-12 Patricia J. Brooks and Vera Kempe More Is More in Language Learning: Reconsidering the Less-Is-More Hypothesis...........................................................................13-41 Maja Curcic, Sible Andringa, and Folkert Kuiken The Role of Awareness and Cognitive Aptitudes in L2 Predictive Language Processsing................42-71 Ewa Dabrowska Experience, Aptitude, and Individual Differences in Linguistic Attainment: A Comparison of Native and Nonnative Speakers....................................................................72-100 Catherine J. Doughty Cognitive Language Aptitude...............................................................................................101-126 Gisela Granena and Yucel Yilmaz Corrective Feedback and the Role of Implicit Sequence-Learning Ability in L2 Online Performace.....................................................................................................127-156 Jan H. Hulstijn An Individual-Differences Framework for Comparing Nonnative with Native Speakers: Perspectives From BLC Theory............................................................................................157-183 Wander M. Lowie and Marjolijn H. Verspoor Individual Differences and the Ergodicity Problem..................................................................184-206 Simone E. Pfenninger and David Singleton Starting Age Overshadowed: The Primacy of Differential Environmental and Family Support Effects on Second Language Attainment in an Instructional Context.............................207-234 Index..............................................................................................................................235-236

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BD0563645X
• ISBN:
  • 9781119600473
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chichester
• Pages/Volumes: 236 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 401/.93
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition -- Case studies
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB12672062