Language aptitude theory and practice: Edited by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan and Richard Sparks, Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2023, Pp. xxviii + 494, £120 / $155 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-31651-399-6.
The book *Language Aptitude Theory and Practice* (2023), edited by Zhisheng (Edward) Wen, Peter Skehan, and Richard L. Sparks, provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research on language aptitude, including theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives. It covers established and...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 4037 - 4039 |
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