This article provides a comprehensive and critical synthesis of the methods utilized in
studies investigating the role of language aptitude in second language acquisition (SLA) …

This chapter provides a comprehensive and critical review of the theory, research, and
pedagogy on language aptitude. The chapter unfolds with a discussion of the major theories …

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 …

This chapter provides an overview of the status quo of the research on individual difference
(ID) factors in second language acquisition (SLA). It opens with a clarification of the scope …

This article revisits the role of cognitive individual differences in creating synergies between
second language (L2) writing and second language acquisition research that were …

Most studies showing the benefits of caption-supported audio-visual input for second
language (L2) learning have focused on vocabulary learning and content comprehension …

This article discusses the conceptualization, measurement, and validity of a recently
emerged construct in the field of second language acquisition (SLA)—implicit language …

Since Gisela Granena's influential work, LLAMA D v2, a sound recognition subtest of LLAMA
aptitude tests, has been used as a measure of implicit learning aptitude in second language …

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 …

Adult second language (L2) learning often exhibits great variability in its rate and outcome.
Although research shows that learning trajectories are partly shaped by social and …