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

Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better wi

Understanding the way in which learners differ from one another is of fundamental concern to those involved in second-language acquisition, either as researcher

This textbook takes a Complex Systems Theory approach to examine individual differences between learners and the potential impact of these variables on the proc

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough, in-depth discussion of the theory, research, and pedagogy