Exploring Language Aptitude: Views from Psychology, the Language Sciences, and Cognitive Neuroscience
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| Summary: | XVIII, 388 p. 49 illus. text |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
| Series: | English Language Education,
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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.