Task-based language teaching is now a well-established pedagogic approach but
problematic issues remain, such as whether it is appropriate for all learners and in all …

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) …

Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume
for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated …

Title: The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and individual
differences/edited by Shaofeng Li, Phil Hiver, and Mostafa Papi. Description: New York, NY …

Metalinguistic Awareness and Second Language Acquisition is the first book to present an
in-depth overview of metalinguistic awareness as it relates to SLA. In this volume, Roehr …

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 …

Task-based language teaching (TBLT) and task-supported language teaching (TSLT) are
often seen as incompatible as they draw on different theories of language learning and …

The theme that runs through the contributions to this special issue is difficulty, an important
yet challenging theme in second language acquisition (SLA) that, after the demise of the …

This special issue of SSLA focuses on the interactions among linguistic complexity, cognitive
difficulty, individual differences, and instruction and development. We are asked:“How are …

This study examines the effects of two cognitive abilities—language analytic ability (LAA)
and working memory (WM)—on language learning under five different instructional …