Practitioners frequently use diagnostic criteria to identify children with neurodevelopmental
disorders and to guide intervention decisions. These criteria also provide the organising …

Foreign language (FL) aptitude generally refers to a specific talent for learning a foreign or
second language (L2). After experiencing a long period of marginalized interest, FL aptitude …

Orthographic mapping (OM) involves the formation of letter-sound connections to bond the
spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of specific words in memory. It explains how …

Explicit Learning in the L2 Classroom offers a unique five-prong (theoretical, empirical,
methodological, pedagogical, and model building) approach to the issue of explicit learning …

Abstract The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory of cognitive abilities consists of two
components. First, it is a taxonomy of cognitive abilities. However, it is no mere list. The …

This study investigated how various child-internal and child-external factors predict English
L2 children's acquisition outcomes for vocabulary size and accuracy with verb morphology …

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

Second language learners often produce language forms resembling those of children with
Specific Language Impairment (SLI). At present, professionals working in language …

The central focus of this text is language development as a field of basic research, but
applied issues are also considered. Chapter 1 provides an overview and history of the field …

This article reviews research on working memory (WM) and its use in second language (L2)
acquisition research. Recent developments in the model and issues surrounding the …