Plasticity, variability and age in second language acquisition and bilingualism

D Birdsong - Frontiers in psychology, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
Much of what is known about the outcome of second language acquisition and bilingualism
can be summarized in terms of inter-individual variability, plasticity and age. The present …

Bilingualism, mind, and brain

JF Kroll, PE Dussias, K Bice, L Perrotti - Annu. Rev. Linguist., 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …

Foreign language anxiety and foreign language performance: A meta‐analysis

X Zhang - The modern language journal, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
This meta‐analysis investigated the relationship between foreign language (FL) anxiety and
FL performance. Fifty‐five independent samples with more than 10,000 participants were …

Understanding the consequences of bilingualism for language processing and cognition

JF Kroll, E Bialystok - Journal of cognitive psychology, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
Contemporary research on bilingualism has been framed by two major discoveries. In the
realm of language processing, studies of comprehension and production show that …

[كتاب][B] Third language acquisition and linguistic transfer

J Rothman, JG Alonso, E Puig-Mayenco - 2019‏ - books.google.com
Is acquiring a third language the same as acquiring a second? Are all instances of non-
native language acquisition simply one and the same? In this first book-length study of the …

[كتاب][B] Teaching and researching: Listening

M Rost - 2013‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the
linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use …

[كتاب][B] Second language acquisition: An introductory course

SM Gass, J Behney, L Plonsky - 2020‏ - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

[كتاب][B] Second language learning theories

R Mitchell, F Myles, E Marsden - 2019‏ - taylorfrancis.com
Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

[كتاب][B] Crosslinguistic influence in language and cognition

S Jarvis, A Pavlenko - 2008‏ - taylorfrancis.com
A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work on crosslinguistic influence, or
language transfer, this book is an authoritative account of transfer in second-language …

A bilingual advantage in task switching

A Prior, B MacWhinney - Bilingualism: Language and cognition, 2010‏ - cambridge.org
This study investigated the possibility that lifelong bilingualism may lead to enhanced
efficiency in the ability to shift between mental sets. We compared the performance of …