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Individual Differences in L2 Learning and Long‐Term L1–L2 Relationships
Author(s) -
Sparks Richard L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00704.x
Subject(s) - psychology , language proficiency , aptitude , term (time) , first language , second language , developmental psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics
In this article, I describe studies conducted over 25 years with secondary and post‐secondary L2 learners in the United States. The evidence from these studies shows that there are important connections between students’ early L1 skills and their L2 aptitude and L2 proficiency and that individual differences in students’ L1 skills in elementary school are related to differences in their L2 achievement several years later.