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 …

The goal of this study was to explain individual differences in both native and non‐native
listening comprehension; 121 native and 113 non‐native speakers of Dutch were tested on …

Second language (L2) researchers are becoming more interested in both L2 learners'
knowledge of the target language and how that knowledge is put to use during real-time …

Purpose To assess the identification accuracy of dynamic assessment (DA) of narrative
ability in English for children learning English as a 2nd language. Method A DA task was …

This study investigated whether the role of working memory capacity varies over the course
of second language (L2) morphosyntactic development. Eighty-seven beginning …

This article investigates whether and how L2 sentence processing is affected by memory
constraints that force serial parsing. Monitoring eye movements, we test effects of working …

In the context of current approaches to anticipation in native and non-native sentence
processing, this paper investigates whether late second-language (L2) learners integrate …

Adults demonstrate difficulty and pronounced variability when developing second language
(L2) grammatical knowledge and reading skills. We examine explanations in terms of …

As part of ongoing efforts to characterize the extent to which tasks and interaction-driven
language learning are influenced by individual differences (IDs), task-based researchers …

The present study examines both properties of the language and properties of the learner to
better understand variability at the earliest stages of second language (L2) acquisition. We …