The Age Factor and Early Language Learning

The Age Factor and Early Language Learning

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  • Author: Marianne Nikolov
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
  • ISBN: 3110218275
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 431

Offers readers chapters on the age factor in different educational contexts across three continents. The book documents the development in research methods into early language learning and teaching. It includes papers that discuss curriculum and assessment, individual differences, innovation in teacher education, and the role of target language.


Language Acquisition

Language Acquisition

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  • Author: David Michael Singleton
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853597572
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 302

The authors examine the evidence relative to the idea that there is an age factor in first & second language acquisition & goes on to explore the various explanations that have been advanced to account for such evidence. Finally, it looks at educational ramifications of the age question.


The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: David Michael Singleton
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853593017
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 180

This book takes a hard look at some of the assumptions that are customarily made concerning the role of age in second language acquisition. The evidence and arguments the contributors present run counter to the notion that an early start in second language learning is of itself either absolutely sufficient or necessary for the attainment of native-like mastery of a second language. Another theme of the book is a doubt that there is a particular stage of maturity beyond which language learning is no longer fully possible. In short, the book presents a challenge to those who take it as given that second language learning is inevitably different in its essential nature from language acquisition in the childhood years and that second language knowledge acquired beyond the critical period is in all circumstances and in all respects doomed to fossilize at a non-native-like level.


Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning

Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning

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  • Author: Carmen Muñoz
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847699774
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

This book examines the various ways in which age affects the process and the product of foreign language learning in a school setting. It presents studies that cover a wide range of topics, from phonetics to learning strategies. It will be of interest to students and researchers working in SLA research, language planning and language teaching.


One Child, Two Languages

One Child, Two Languages

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  • Author: Patton O. Tabors
  • Publisher: Brookes Publishing Company
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 284

Practical, engaging guide to helping early childhood educators understand and address the needs of English language learners.


Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages

Early Learning of Modern Foreign Languages

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  • Author: Marianne Nikolov
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1847691455
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 259

Modern languages are taught to young learners at an increasingly early age, yet few publications focus on what is available to children in different contexts and classrooms. This book represents the state-of-the-art in research on young language learners. Covering a range of languages, contexts and research methods, it provides insights into how young learners progress.


The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Carina Kröger
  • Publisher: GRIN Verlag
  • ISBN: 3668356378
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 33

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Pedagogy, Literature Studies, grade: 1,3, University of Cologne (Englisch), course: Problems in Second Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: This term paper will focus on the discussion of the putative maturational constraints for second language acquisition. The age factor is an aspect of first and second language acquisition research which has engendered very much controversy. In the discussion about age-related effects on language acquisition, one can find disagreements as to both the facts and to their possible explanations. The different points of view range from the notion that young learners are in all aspects of language learning more efficient and achieve better results, to the contrary position that older learners are the better learners. In this paper, four of the positions concerning the age factor, which have been listed by Singleton, will be presented because they provide a good overview of the different views on this topic and the respective evidence belonging to them. Many of the differences in the results of various studies are due to the differences in how the results are elicited. The experimental design plays an important role for the outcomes.


Age in Second Language Acquisition

Age in Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Birgit Harley
  • Publisher: College-Hill
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Ability, Influence of age on
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 170


Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning

Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning

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  • Author: Carmen Muñoz
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 1853598917
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 296

This book examines the various ways in which age affects the process and the product of foreign language learning in a school setting. It presents studies that cover a wide range of topics, from phonetics to learning strategies. It will be of interest to students and researchers working in SLA research, language planning and language teaching.


Individual differences in early instructed language learning

Individual differences in early instructed language learning

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  • Author: Raphael Berthele
  • Publisher: Language Science Press
  • ISBN: 3961103240
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 254

Variability in predispositions for language learning has attracted scholarly curiosity for over 100 years. Despite major changes in theoretical explanations and foreign/second language teaching paradigms, some patterns of associations between predispositions and learning outcomes seem timelessly robust. This book discusses evidence from a research project investigating individual differences in a wide variety of domains, ranging from language aptitude over general cognitive abilities to motivational and other affective and social constructs. The focus lies on young learners aged 10 to 12, a less frequently investigated age in aptitude research. The data stem from two samples of multilingual learners in German-speaking Switzerland. The target languages are French and English. The chapters of the book offer two complementary perspectives on the topic: On the one hand, cross-sectional investigations of the underlying structure of these individual differences and their association with the target languages are discussed. Drawing on factor analytical and multivariable analyses, the different components are scrutinized with respect to their mutual dependence and their relative impact on target language skills. The analyses also take into account contextual factors such as the learners’ family background and differences across the two contexts investigated. On the other hand, the potential to predict learner’s skills in the target language over time based on the many different indicators is investigated using machine learning algorithms. The results provide new insights into the stability of the individual dispositions, on the impact of contextual variables, and on empirically robust dimensions within the array of variables tested.