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1. List of contributors; 2. Introduction and overview (by Granena, Gisela); 3. Part I. Age differences and maturational constraints; 4. Maturational constraints on child and adult SLA (by Long, Mike); 5. Maturational constraints on lexical acquisition in a second language (by Spadaro, Katherine); 6. Age of acquisition effects or effects of bilingualism in second language ultimate attainment? (by Bylund, Emanuel); 7. Part II. Aptitude constructs and measures; 8. Cognitive aptitudes for second language learning and the LLAMA Language Aptitude Test* (by Granena, Gisela); 9. New conceptualizations of language aptitude in second language attainment (by Kormos, Judit); 10. Optimizing post-critical-period language learning (by Doughty, Catherine J.); 11. Part III. Age, aptitude and ultimate attainment; 12. Reexamining the robustness of aptitude in second language acquisition (by Granena, Gisela); 13. Memory-based aptitude for nativelike selection: The role of phonological short-term memory (by Bolibaugh, Cylcia); 14. High-level proficiency in late L2 acquisition: Relationships between collocational production, language aptitude and personality (by Lundell, Fanny Forsberg); 15. Part IV. Implications for educational policy and language teaching; 16. Some implications of research findings on sensitive periods in language learning for educational policy and practice (by Long, Mike); 17. Aptitude-treatment interaction studies in second language acquisition: Findings and methodology (by Vatz, Karen); 18. Subject index