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Wen, Zhisheng; Yang, Jing; Han, Lili – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2022
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in case studies and surveys by researchers of second language acquisition (SLA) and cognitive (neuro-)science to probe into the group of exceptionally talented multilingual learners or polyglots who can understand and speak an impressive number of multiple foreign languages other than their own mother…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Aptitude, Language Proficiency, Language Skills
Hui Sun; Kazuya Saito; Jean-Marc Dewaele – Language Learning, 2024
This study longitudinally examined the effects of cognitive and sociopsychological individual differences (aptitude, motivation, personality) and the quantity and quality of second language (L2) experience on L2 speech gains in naturalistic settings. We elicited L2 spontaneous speech from 50 Chinese learners of English at the beginning and the end…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Speech Communication, Individual Differences
Xu, Yi – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2023
The research on interpreting aptitude has focused on the abilities, skills and personal traits of individuals in order to predict their future interpreting performance. However, an important variable between the personal characteristics and success of trainee interpreters in interpreter training, which is instructional practices, is overlooked.…
Descriptors: Prediction, Language Aptitude, Feedback (Response), Short Term Memory
Biedron, Adriana; Pawlak, Miroslaw – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
While a substantial body of empirical evidence has been accrued about the role of individual differences in second language acquisition, relatively little is still known about how factors of this kind can mediate the effects of instructional practices as well as how empirically-derived insights can inform foreign language pedagogy, both with…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Personality Traits, Profiles
Lowie, Wander; van Dijk, Marijn; Chan, Huiping; Verspoor, Marjolijn – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
A large body studies into individual differences in second language learning has shown that success in second language learning is strongly affected by a set of relevant learner characteristics ranging from the age of onset to motivation, aptitude, and personality. Most studies have concentrated on a limited number of learner characteristics and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Individual Differences, Learning Motivation, Personality Traits
Reiterer, Susanne M., Ed. – English Language Education, 2018
This book presents original, empirical data from quantitative and qualitative research studies in the field of language learning aptitude, ability, and individual differences. It does so from the perspectives of Second Language Acquisition, psychology, neuroscience and sociolinguistics. All studies included in the book use a similar and uniform…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Multilingualism, Memory, Personality Traits
Galbraith, Vicki; Gardner, R. C. – 1988
The bibliography contains 64 annotated references to journal articles and other sources of information about individual difference correlates of second language achievement. The journal articles appeared between 1984 and 1987. Where available, abstracts contained in the original articles are used; these are marked with asterisks. Entries are coded…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Research, Individual Differences, Language Aptitude
Ehrman, Madeline – 1994
The Modern Language Aptitude Test (MLAT) was part of a project examining biographical, motivational, attitudinal, personality, and cognitive aptitude variables in 1,000 adult students preparing at the Foreign Service Institute for overseas assignments, with various subsamples completing different instruments. Data were analyzed using correlation,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences
Galbraith, Vicki; Gardner, R. C. – 1990
This annotated bibliography contains 33 references related to the topic of individual difference correlates of second-language achievement found in 26 journals available in the University of Western Ontario, and follows up a 1988 bibliography covering the years 1984-1987. Bibliographic information provided includes author, title, source, abstracts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Techniques, Foreign Countries

Ehrman, Madeline E.; Oxford, Rebecca L. – Modern Language Journal, 1995
Examines the relationships of individual difference variables to end-of-training proficiency ratings in speaking and reading for a large sample of adults in intensive training in a wide range of languages at the U.S. Department of State. Variables included tested cognitive aptitude, learning strategies, learning styles, personality, motivation and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Data Analysis
Ohata, Kota – TESL-EJ, 2005
This study explores the nature of language anxiety from the perspective of five Japanese learners of English (ESL), especially in reference to their self-reflective accounts of emotional difficulties encountered in the U.S. college settings. Through the use of an in-depth qualitative interview format, this study attempts to identify potential…
Descriptors: Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Asians