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Individual Differences in L2 Learning and Long‐Term L1–L2 Relationships

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Second Language Acquisition and Learning Second Language Learning and Teaching

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In this article, I describe studies conducted over 25 years with secondary and post‐secondary L2 learners in the United States. The evidence from these studies shows that there are important connections between students’ early L1 skills and their L2 aptitude and L2 proficiency and that individual differences in students’ L1 skills in elementary school are related to differences in their L2 achievement several years later.

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