This study investigates the relationship between foreign language aptitude and the learning
of two English structures defined as easy or difficult to learn. Using a quasiexperimental …

Abstract Language aptitude is one of the major individual differences under scrutiny in a
study investigating the differential role of individual differences in foreign language learning …

Working memory (WM) as a key component of language aptitude has become a topical
issue, with some going so far as to argue that WM can replace language aptitude. Research …

Meara (2005) developed the LLAMA tests as a free, language-neutral, user-friendly suite of
aptitude tests incorporating four separate elements: vocabulary learning (LLAMA_B) …

Musical expertise and working memory (WM) have been isolated as being the most
important predictors of phonetic aptitude–meaning the ability to imitate unfamiliar speech …

Whether the success depends on language aptitude or the language aptitude tests can
predict the language learning achievement is one of the contradictive issues in SLA. Not …

Vocabulary acquisition is a central component of second language learning. While there
have been advancements in our understanding of the factors contributing to vocabulary …

This study was a longitudinal investigation into how learner individual differences (IDs) and
linguistic factors shape developmental trajectories of second language (L2) production of …

Languaging (Swain, 2006), defined as learners' language use to make meaning, has been
suggested and identified as a way to facilitate second language (L2) learning. Most of the …

Over the last two decades, there has been an increasing interest in third language (L3)
phonology (Cabrelli Amaro, 2012; Cabrelli Amaro & Wrembel, 2016). However, research so …