Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments V
3. Contents VII
4. Foreword IX
5. 1 SLA and Individual Differences: An Overview 1
6. Part I: Age, Intelligence, Aptitude and Affect
7. 2 The Age Factor and the Critical Period Hypothesis 19
8. 3 Intelligence 35
9. 4 Foreign Language Aptitude 53
10. 5 Language Aptitude, Psychological and Affective Factors 73
11. Part II: Memory, Attention and Noticing
12. 6 Phonological and Executive Working Memory 97
13. 7 Consciousness, Attention and Noticing 125
14. Part III: Learning Strategies, Metacognition and Self- Regulation
15. 8 Language Learning Strategies 147
16. 9 Metacognition 175
17. 10 Self-Regulation 201
18. Part IV: L2 Skills, Learning Difficulties, and Anxiety
19. 11 L2 Reading and Writing Skills 225
20. 12 L2 Learning Difficulties and Disabilities 257
21. 13 L2 Anxiety: An Affective Factor or a Linguistic Variable? 287
22. Epilogue
23. 14 Individual Differences in SLA–Looking Back and Looking Forward 321
24. Author Profiles 335
25. Index 337