Exploring Language Aptitude: Views from Psychology, the Language Sciences, and Cognitive Neuroscience

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Reiterer, Susanne M. (Editor)
Summary:XVIII, 388 p. 49 illus.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:English Language Education, 16
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91917-1
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Susanne M. Reiterer
  • Introduction: Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Language Aptitude; Victoria Ameringer, Daniel Leisser, Luke Green, Sabrina Turker
  • Part I: Language Aptitude and Memory
  • Cognitive Abilities: Different Memory Functions and Language Aptitude; Victoria Ameringer
  • Aptitude for Vocabulary Acquisition; Hannah Hackl
  • Working memory and language aptitude with focus on L2 vocabulary learning; Hyun Jung Kim
  • Part II: Language Aptitude and Psychological Factors
  • On the Role of Self-Efficacy as a Possible Component of Language Aptitude in the Acquisition of British /æ/; Daniel Leisser
  • Motivation and Personality in Language Aptitude; Nejra Rizvanović
  • Part III: Language Aptitude in Relation to Neuroscience and Musicality
  • The Neuroanatomical Correlates of Foreign Language Aptitude; Sabrina Turker, Susanne Reiterer, Peter Schneider, Annemarie Seither-Preisler
  • Let the Music Speak: Examining the Relationship between Music and Language Aptitudein Pre-School Children; Markus Christiner
  • Language Aptitude in Relation to Handedness, Hemispheric Dominance, Cognitive Learning Strategies and Non-Verbal IQ: a Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Study; Klara Kager
  • The impact of speaking a tone language on music aptitude; Niloufar Saraei
  • Making Music and Learning Languages - Musicality and Grammar; Daniel Malzer
  • Language Aptitude and Gender; Cornelia Habl
  • Part IV: Language Aptitude and Socio-Environmental Influences
  • Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies & Language Aptitude; Jakob Poschner
  • Comparing the Language Aptitudes and Language Attitudes of Mono- and Bilingual Burgenland Croats; Katharina Anna Maria Krumpeck
  • The Correlation of Early Multilingualism and Language Aptitude; Sofia Hörder
  • The Role of Language Aptitude in Second Language Attrition; Astrid Elisabeth Lehner
  • So what’s the deal now!? Am I talented or not? Stefanie Rüdegger
  • Part V Language Aptitude for Pronunciation
  • Factors Affecting the PronunciationAbilities of Adult Learners of English: A Longitudinal Group Study; Karin Richter
  • Language Transfer vs. Language Talent? Individual differences and aptitude in L2 phonology of Persian-speaking learners of English; Zhaleh Ghafoorian Maddah, Susanne M. Reiterer.