1. Foreign language aptitude

Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Chapter 3)

Skehan, P. (2002). Theorising and updating aptitude. In P. Robinson (Ed.), Individual differences and instructed language learning (pp. 69-93). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company.

2. Foreign language anxiety

Horwitz, E. K. (1995). Student affective reactions and the teaching and learning of foreign languages. International Journal of Educational Research, 23, 573-579.

MacIntyre, P. D. (1999). Language anxiety: A review of the research for language teachers. In D. J. Young (Ed.), Affect in foreign language and second language learning: A practical guide to creating a low anxiety classroom atmosphere (pp. 24-45). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill College.

3. Learning styles

Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Chapter 5)

Reid, J. (1987). The learning style preferences of ESL students. TESOL Quarterly 21(1), 87-111.

4. Learning strategies

Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Chapter 6)

Tseng, W., Dörnyei, Z., & Schmitt, N. (2006). A new approach to assessing strategic learning: The case of self-regulation in vocabulary acquisition. Applied Linguistics, 27, 78-102.

5. The brief history of L2 motivation research

Dörnyei, Z. (2005). The psychology of the language learner: Individual differences in second language acquisition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Chapter 4.

Dörnyei, Z. (2009). The psychology of second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 5.

6. L2 motivation research in multicultural contexts

Masgoret, A-M., & Gardner, R. C. (2003). Attitudes, motivation and second language learning: A meta-analysis of studies conducted by Gardner and associates. Language Learning, 53, 123-163.

Gardner, R. C. (2006). The socio-educational model of second language acquisition: A research paradigm. EUROSLA Yearbook, 6, pp. 237-260.

7. The Hungarian scene of L2 motivation research

Csizér, K. & Kormos, J. (2009). Modelling the role of inter-cultural contact in the motivation of learning English as a foreign language. Applied Linguistics, 30, 166-185.

Kormos, J. & Csizér, K. (2008). Age-related differences in the motivation of learning English as a foreign language: attitudes, selves and motivated learning behaviour. Language Learning, 58, pp. 327-355.

Nikolov, M. (2001). A study of unsuccessful language learners. In Z. Dörnyei & R. Schmidt (Eds.), Motivation and second language acquisition (Technical Report #23, pp. 149-169). Honolulu, HI: The University of Hawai’i, Second Language & Curriculum Center.

8. Language learners with special needs

Sparks, R. & Ganschow, L. (1991). The impact of native language learning problems on foreign language learning: Case study illustrations of the Linguistic Coding Deficit Hypothesis. Modern Language Journal 77(1), 58-74.

9. Lexical storage and lexical access in the bilingual lexicon

Dóczi, B. (2006). Mapping the mental lexicon of pre-intermediate learners: Word associations in a depth of word knowledge elicitation task. In M. Nikolov & J. Horváth (Eds.), UPRT 2006: Empirical studies in English applied linguistics (pp. 117- 137). Pécs: Lingua Franca Csoport.

Forster, K. I. (2003). Lexical processing. In J. Field (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: A resource book for students (pp. 161-167). New York: Routledge. (Reprinted from An invitation to cognitive science, Vol. 1, pp. 95-131, by D. N. Oscherson & H. Lasnik, Eds., 1990, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Pavlenko, A. (2009). Conceptual representation in the bilingual lexicon and second language vocabulary learning. In A. Pavlenko (Ed.), The bilingual mental lexicon (pp. 125-160). Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters.

10. Memory and language

Kormos, J., & Sáfár, A. (2008). Phonological short-term memory, working memory and foreign language performance in intensive language learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11, 261-271.

Logie, R. H. (2003). Working memory. In J. Field (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: A resource book for students (pp. 167-172). New York: Routledge. (Reprinted from The Psychologist, 12(4), 174-179, 1999)

11. Listening comprehension

Aitchison, J. (2008). The case of the missing fingerprint. In The articulate mammal (5th ed., pp. 205-233). New York: Routledge.

Cutler, A., & Butterfield, S. (2003). Rhythmic cues to speech segmentation: Evidence from juncture misperceptions. In J. Field (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: A resource book for students (pp. 185-189). New York: Routledge. (Reprinted from Journal of Memory and Language, 31, 218-238, 1992)

12. Speech production in bilingual speakers

Kormos, J. (2006). An overview of theories of first language production. In Speech production and second language acquisition (pp. 3-11). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Kormos, J. (2006). Introduction: Issues in L2 speech production research. In Speech production and second language acquisition (pp. xvii-xxvii). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Levelt, W. (2003). What do speakers monitor for? In J. Field (Ed.), Psycholinguistics: A resource book for students (pp. 190-195). New York: Routledge. (Reprinted from Speaking, pp. 460-471, 1997, Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology)