Individual Learner Differences in SLA

For advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers and teachers involved in second language acquisition, Arabski and Wojtaszek (psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and linguistic pragmatics, U. of Silesia, Poland) compile 20 chapters by linguistics, language, and English scholars from Europe who address individual learner differences in second language acquisition, including gender, learning style, aptitude, culture, and age. They discuss the conflict between learner needs and the organization of instruction; language learning strategies and differentiated application; teacher and parent involvement in learner autonomy; diagnostic studies of experienced learners' management of the learning process; phonological attainment; and the development of reading and writing skills. There is no index. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Janusz Arabski and Adam Wojtaszek both work at the University of Silesia, Poland. Their research interests include psycholinguistics, language acquisition and linguistic pragmatics. They are the editors of Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA, recently published by Multilingual Matters. The editors and the contributing authors are active members of many scientific committees and organizations devoted to the investigation of language acquisition processes, and they regularly participate in many conferences and publish extensively. The author list comprises experienced scholars as well as young and promising researchers.