Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Vanessa De Wilde and Claire Goriot

Learning disabilities as external individual differences in second language acquisition / Sara E.N. Kangas and Megan Cook

The role of memory in the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar in the first language and in English as a foreign language / M. J. H. Van Koert, N.L. Leona, J.E. Ripsens, J. Tijms, M.W.Van der Molem, V. H. P. van Daal and P. Snellings

Individual differences and young learners' L2 vocabulary development: The case of language aptitude and exposure to subtitled TV series / Ferran Gesa and Maria del Mar Suarez

'In love with English': A mixed-methods investigation of Flemish children's spontaneous engagement with out -of-school exposure / Vanessa De Wilde and June Eyckmans

The relation between out-of school exposure to English and English vocabulary development in Dutch primary school pupils / Claire Goriot and Roeland van Hout

Lexical profiles of children and adolescent EFL learners in the semantic domain of animals / Rosa M. Jimenez Catalan

The contribution of motivation and emotions to language learning autonomy in the Hungrian secondary school classroom: The results of a questionnaire study / Agnes Albert, Brigitta Doczi, Katalin Piniel, and Kata Csizer

"This book discusses the role of individual differences in language learning in young second language learners. The studies presented here investigate internal individual differences (e.g., language aptitude, motivation and attitude), external individual differences (e.g., exposure and type of instruction), the interplay between these two types of individual differences, the relative contribution of internal and external factors to language learning" (Book Cover)