Over the past decade, the LLAMA language aptitude test battery has come to play an
increasingly important role as an instrument in research on individual differences in …

The current exploratory study aimed at investigating the role of cognitive aptitudes in
determining the effect of practice distribution on second language learning. The study …

Zusammenfassung Welche Funktion und Bedeutung Mehrsprachigkeit für die Entwicklung
von Sprachbewusstheit hat, wird international kontrovers diskutiert. Ursächlich dafür sind …

In this chapter, the authors provides an overview of Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
metalinguistic research, which allows them to highlight general results and to formulate …

speaking learners of L2 Spanish who were taking part in a four-week study abroad program
in Spain and Japanese-speaking learners of L2 English who were individually studying in …

In 2010, psychologists Heinrich, Heine, and Norenzayan published a series of papers in
which they criticized the over-representation of Western undergraduates as participants in …

Language awareness is the totality of conscious efforts to know and practice the language.
As to the metalinguistic awareness, it refers to the discovery of the social, cultural, historical …

The aim of this study is to develop a useful, valid and reliable measurement tool that will
help teacher candidates determine their Turkish metalinguistic awareness. During the …

This study adopts a constructionist approach to investigating three recent proposals
grounded in cognitive perspectives on second language acquisition, which broaden the …

To date, most classroom-based research into the learning of a third language (L3) in the US
has examined patterns of acquisition among various groups of bilinguals. Situated mainly …