Second language learners differ in how successfully they adapt to, and profit from, instruction. This book aims to show that adaptation to L2 instruction, and s

Variability in predispositions for language learning has attracted scholarly curiosity for over 100 years. Despite major changes in theoretical explanations and

The volume constitutes an attempt to capture the intricate relationship between individual learner differences and other variables which are of interest to theo

Beginning from the conflict between individual learner differences and the institutionalized, often inflexible character of formal language instruction, Individ

Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first book to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives th