Introduction

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Learning disabilities as external individual differences in second language acquisition 9
5. The role of memory in the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar in the first language and in English as a foreign language 31
6. Individual differences and young learners’ L2 vocabulary development: The case of language aptitude and exposure to subtitled TV series 65
7. ‘In love with English’: A mixed-methods investigation of Flemish children’s spontaneous engagement with out-of-school exposure 87
8. The relation between out-of-school exposure to English and English vocabulary development in Dutch primary school pupils 109
9. Lexical profiles of children and adolescent EFL learners in the semantic domain of animals 133
10. The contribution of motivation and emotions to language learning autonomy in the Hungarian secondary school classroom: The results of a questionnaire study 155
11. Effects of authentic communication experiences on linguistic self-confidence: Individual differences in perceptions among Japanese primary school students 177
12. Emotion and motivation in younger learners’ second foreign language acquisition 203
13. Secondary school pupils’ language choice satisfaction in the L3 classroom: The roles of teaching, motivation, language choice and language classroom anxiety 225
14. Index 261