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

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Editors:
  1. Susanne M. Reiterer

    1. Department of Linguistics and Centre for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • Approaches language learning aptitude from different perspectives giving the audience a multifaceted insight into the field
  • Contains novel, experimental, primary research which has never been published before
  • All studies use a similar and uniform layout and methodology (e.g. aptitude tests), and are therefore very well comparable

Part of the book series: English Language Education (ELED, volume 16)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction: Towards an Interdisciplinary Understanding of Language Aptitude

    • Victoria Ameringer, Luke Green, Daniel Leisser, Sabrina Turker
    Pages 1-15

  3. Language Aptitude and Memory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Cognitive Abilities: Different Memory Functions and Language Aptitude

      • Victoria Ameringer
      Pages 19-42

    3. Aptitude for Vocabulary Acquisition

      • Hannah Hackl
      Pages 43-56

    4. Working Memory and Language Aptitude with Focus on L2 Vocabulary Learning

      • Hyun Jung Kim
      Pages 57-71

  4. Language Aptitude and Psychological Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. On the Role of Self-Efficacy as a Possible Component of Language Aptitude in the Acquisition of British [æ]

      • Daniel Leisser
      Pages 75-100

    3. Motivation and Personality in Language Aptitude

      • Nejra Rizvanović
      Pages 101-116

  5. Language Aptitude in Relation to Neuroscience and Musicality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The Neuroanatomical Correlates of Foreign Language Aptitude

      • Sabrina Turker, Susanne M. Reiterer, Peter Schneider, Annemarie Seither-Preisler
      Pages 119-148

    3. Let the Music Speak: Examining the Relationship Between Music and Language Aptitude in Pre-school Children

      • Markus Christiner
      Pages 149-166

    4. Language Aptitude in Relation to Handedness, Hemispheric Dominance, Cognitive Learning Strategies and Non-verbal IQ: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Study

      • Klara Kager
      Pages 167-193

    5. The Impact of Speaking a Tone Language on Music Aptitude

      • Niloufar Saraei
      Pages 195-208

    6. Making Music and Learning Languages – Musicality and Grammar Aptitude

      • Daniel Malzer
      Pages 209-228

    7. Language Aptitude and Gender

      • Cornelia Habl
      Pages 229-242

  6. Language Aptitude and Socio-environmental Influences

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
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    2. Vocabulary Acquisition Strategies & Language Aptitude

      • Jakob Poschner
      Pages 245-259

    3. Comparing the Language Aptitudes and Language Attitudes of Mono-and Bilingual Burgenland Croats

      • Katharina Krumpeck
      Pages 261-276

    4. The Correlation of Early Multilingualism and Language Aptitude

      • Sofia HÓ§rder
      Pages 277-304
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About this book

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 layout and methodology. Each chapter contains a study examining factors such as memory, personality, self-concept, bilingualism and multilingualism, education, musicality or gender. The chapters investigate the influence of these concepts on language learning aptitude and ability. Several of these chapters analyse hypotheses which have never been tested before and therefore provide novel research results. The book contributes to the field both by verifying and contesting existent findings and by exploring novel approaches to devising research in the subject area.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Linguistics and Centre for Teacher Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Susanne M. Reiterer

Bibliographic Information

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

  • Editors: Susanne M. Reiterer

  • Series Title: English Language Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91917-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91916-4Published: 16 October 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06327-6Published: 29 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91917-1Published: 04 October 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2213-6967

  • Series E-ISSN: 2213-6975

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 388

  • Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Language Education, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, Educational Policy and Politics

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