Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Section I
6. 2. The theory of successful intelligence and its implications for language-aptitude testing 13
7. 3. Motivation, anxiety and emotion in second language acquisition 45
8. 4. Theorising and updating aptitude 69
9. 5. Foreign language acquisition and language-based learning disabilities 95
10. 6. Learning conditions, aptitude complexes, and SLA 113
11. Section II
12. 7. The motivational basis of language learning tasks 137
13. 8. The role of learners’ language analytic ability in the communicative classroom 159
14. 9. Individual differences in working memory, noticing of interactional feedback and L2 development 181
15. 10. Effects of individual differences in intelligence, aptitude and working memory on adult incidental SLA 211
16. 11. Aptitude-exposure interaction effects on Wh-movement violation detection by pre-and-post-critical period Japanese bilinguals 267
17. 12. Age, aptitude and second language learning on a bilingual exchange 301
18. References 331
19. Index 373