Table of contents
IntroductionCognitive individual di!erences in second language learning and processing
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Part I.Theoretical and Methodological Issues
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Foreign language aptitude, acquisitional sequences, and psycholinguistic processes
17
Miniature natural language learning in L2 acquisition research
41
Working memory, language processing, and implications of malleability for second language acquisition
69
Methodological implications of working memory tasks for L2 processing research
89
Analyzing individual differences in second language research: The benefits of mixed effects models
105
Part II.Empirical studies
129
Music, song and speech: a closer look at the interfaces between musicality, singing and individual differences in phonetic language aptitude
131
An empirical study of working memory, personality, and second language construction learning
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Elicited imitation as a measure of implicit L2 knowledge: The role of working memory and short-term memory capacity
185
Working memory and L2 English speakers’ primed and subsequent production of passives
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Interrelationships among L2 linguistic knowledge, working memory functions, and L2 reading
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Executive control and phonological processing in language acquisition: The role of early bilingual experience in learning an additional language
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Corrective feedback and working memory capacity: A replication
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The interaction between phonetic coding ability and feedback exposure condition
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The role of explicit language aptitude in implicit, explicit, and mixed feedback conditions
327
Index
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