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Download full textBiedron, Adriana; Pawlak, Miroslaw – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
While a substantial body of empirical evidence has been accrued about the role of individual differences in second language acquisition, relatively little is still known about how factors of this kind can mediate the effects of instructional practices as well as how empirically-derived insights can inform foreign language pedagogy, both with…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Personality Traits, Profiles
Biedron, Adriana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2015
This state-of-the art paper focuses on the poorly explored issue of foreign language aptitude, attempting to present the latest developments in this field and reconceptualizations of the construct from the perspective of neuroscience. In accordance with this goal, it first discusses general directions in neurolinguistic research on foreign…
Descriptors: Neurology, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude, Neurolinguistics
Direct linkBiedron, Adriana; Pawlak, Miroslaw – Language Teaching, 2016
This state-of-the art paper focuses on the issue of linguistic giftedness, somewhat neglected in the second language acquisition (SLA) literature, attempting to reconceptualize, expand and update this concept in response to latest developments in the fields of psychology, linguistics and neurology. It first discusses contemporary perspectives on…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Gifted, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
Wen, Zhisheng; Biedron, Adriana; Skehan, Peter – Language Teaching, 2017
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 research in recent years has witnessed renewed enthusiasm across the disciplines of educational psychology, second language acquisition (SLA) and cognitive…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Educational Psychology
Biedron, Adriana; Szczepaniak, Anna – Modern Language Journal, 2012
The role of short-term memory and working memory in accomplished multilinguals was investigated. Twenty-eight accomplished multilinguals were compared to 36 mainstream philology students. The following instruments were used in the study: three memory subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale (Digit Span, Digit-Symbol Coding, and Arithmetic,…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Multilingualism, Intelligence Quotient, Aptitude Tests
Biedron, Adriana – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2011
The study addresses a problem which is inadequately investigated in second language acquisition research, that is, personality predictors of foreign language aptitude. Specifically, it focuses on the Five Factor model which includes Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (Costa & McCrae, 1992) as…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Second Language Learning, Language Aptitude
