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From Early Starters to Late Finishers? A Longitudinal Study of Early Foreign Language Learning in School
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Jaekel, Nils; Schurig, Michael; Florian, Merle; Ritter, Markus – Language Learning, 2017
Foreign language education has now been implemented at the elementary school level across Europe, and early foreign language education has gained traction following language policies set by the European Commission. The long-term effects of an early start, however, have not received ample scientific scrutiny. The present study assessed early…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Grade 5, Grade 7, Foreign Countries
Individual Differences in Sequence Learning Ability and Second Language Acquisition in Early Childhood and Adulthood
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Granena, Gisela – Language Learning, 2013
Language aptitude has been hypothesized as a factor that can compensate for postcritical period effects in language learning capacity. However, previous research has primarily focused on instructed contexts and rarely on acquisition-rich learning environments where there is a potential for massive amounts of input. In addition, the studies…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Individual Differences in Second Language Sentence Processing
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Roberts, Leah – Language Learning, 2012
As is the case in traditional second language (L2) acquisition research, a major question in the field of L2 real-time sentence processing is the extent to which L2 learners process the input like native speakers. Where differences are observed, the underlying causes could be the influence of the learner's first language and/or differences…
Descriptors: Sentences, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory
Determinants of Success in Native and Non-Native Listening Comprehension: An Individual Differences Approach
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Andringa, Sible; Olsthoorn, Nomi; van Beuningen, Catherine; Schoonen, Rob; Hulstijn, Jan – Language Learning, 2012
The goal of this study was to explain individual differences in both native and non-native listening comprehension; 121 native and 113 non-native speakers of Dutch were tested on various linguistic and nonlinguistic cognitive skills thought to underlie listening comprehension. Structural equation modeling was used to identify the predictors of…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Structural Equation Models, Individual Differences, Short Term Memory
Do L1 Reading Achievement and L1 Print Exposure Contribute to the Prediction of L2 Proficiency?
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Sparks, Richard L.; Patton, Jon; Ganschow, Leonore; Humbach, Nancy – Language Learning, 2012
The study examined whether individual differences in high school first language (L1) reading achievement and print exposure would account for unique variance in second language (L2) written (word decoding, spelling, writing, reading comprehension) and oral (listening/speaking) proficiency after adjusting for the effects of early L1 literacy and…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Speech Communication, Spelling
Individual Differences and the Fundamental Similarity of Implicit and Explicit Adult Second Language Learning.
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Robinson, Peter – Language Learning, 1997
Examines claims that unconscious second language learning under implicit and incidental conditions is insensitive to measures of individual differences in cognitive abilities, in contrast to learning under conscious rule-search and instructed conditions. Findings revealed that only in the incidental condition was the extent of learning and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Ability