Essential Topics in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism

Part I. Essential Topics in Applied Linguistics

1. Can you Learn to Love Grammar and so Make it Grow? On the Role of Affect in L2 Development
Michael Sharwood Smith

2. It’s All in the Eyes: How Language Dominance, Salience, and Context Affect Eye Movements During Idiomatic Language Processing
Anna B. Cieślicka, Roberto R. Heredia, Marc Olivares

3. The Critical Period Hypothesis for Second Language Acquisition: Tailoring the Coat of Many Colors
David Birdsong

4. The Association Between Aptitude Components and Language Skills in Young Learners
Carmen Muñoz

5. Cross-Linguistic Influence in L2 Writing: The Role of Short-Term Memory
Agni Skrzypek

6. Another Look at Temporal Variation in Language Learning Motivation: Results of a Study
Mirosław Pawlak, Anna Mystkowska-Wiertelak, Jakub Bielak

7. Testing Linguistic Awareness Among Learners of Hungarian
Judit Navracsics, Gyula Sáry, Szilvia Bátyi, Csilla Varga

8. Dyslexia in the European EFL Teacher Training Context
Joanna Nijakowska

Part II. Essential Topics in Multilingualism

9. The Concept of Affordances in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism
Larissa Aronin

10. On Multilingual Awareness or Why the Multilingual Learner is a Specific Language Learner
Ulrike Jessner

11. Face to Face with One’s Thoughts: On Thinking Multilingually
Danuta Gabryś-Barker

12. Crosslinguistic Influence in Instructed L3 Child Phonological Acquisition
Romana Kopečková

13. Crosslinguistic Influence and Bilingual Children’s Weaker Language
Justyna Leśniewska, Ewa Witalisz

14. Learners’ Reflections on Their Narratives on L2 and L3 Learning
Muiris Ó. Laoire

15. Exploring the Impact of the Proficiency and Typology Factors: Two Cases of Multilingual Learners’ L3 Learning
Christina Lindqvist, Camilla Bardel

16. Standard Punctuation and the Punctuation of the Street
Vivian Cook

17. The Homunculus in the Multilingual Brain
Kees Bot

Keywords: Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Language Education