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Wen, Zhisheng; Biedron, Adriana; Skehan, Peter – Language Teaching, 2017
Foreign language (FL) aptitude generally refers to a specific talent for learning a foreign or second language (L2). After experiencing a long period of marginalized interest, FL aptitude research in recent years has witnessed renewed enthusiasm across the disciplines of educational psychology, second language acquisition (SLA) and cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Educational Psychology
Enever, Janet, Ed.; Lindgren, Eva, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2017
This is the first collection of research studies to explore the potential for mixed methods to shed light on foreign or second language learning by young learners in instructed contexts. It brings together recent studies undertaken in Cameroon, China, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), French
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Posedel, James; Emery, Lisa; Souza, Benjamin; Fountain, Catherine – Psychology of Music, 2012
Previous research has suggested that training on a musical instrument is associated with improvements in working memory and musical pitch perception ability. Good working memory and musical pitch perception ability, in turn, have been linked to certain aspects of language production. The current study examines whether working memory and/or pitch…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Musical Instruments, Short Term Memory
Ahn, Hyunah, Ed.; Vidal, Mónica, Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2012
The theme for this year's College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa was "Language and Community," bringing together graduate students and faculty members from the Departments of East Asian Languages and Literatures (EALL), Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures (IPLL), Languages and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Planning, English for Special Purposes