Exploring L1-L2 Relationships: The Impact of Individual Differences: 155 (Second Language Acquisition)

Sparks, Richard L.

ISBN 10: 1788924746 / ISBN 13: 9781788924740

Editore: Multilingual Matters, 2024

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo wbs6769699217

Riassunto:

This book traces and summarizes the author’s theoretical insights and empirical findings in the field of foreign language education. The volume explores themes such as individual differences in L1 ability and their connection to L2 aptitude and L2 achievement, L2 anxiety as an affective or cognitive variable, and the relationship between L1 and L2 reading. The book includes the author’s previously published works, presented together with newly written commentaries on those topics, as well as commentaries on new empirical work. It will be of interest to students and researchers in SLA, educational practitioners and language policymakers.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Richard L. Sparks is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Graduate Education at Mount St. Joseph University, USA. His research interests include L2 aptitude, language and learning disabilities, reading disability (dyslexia), and foreign language anxiety, and he has published extensively in second (foreign) language and learning disability journals.

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Titolo: Exploring L1-L2 Relationships: The Impact of...
Casa editrice: Multilingual Matters
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good