Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding

The effect of age of acquisition on ultimate attainment in second language learning has been a controversial topic for years. After providing a very brief overview of the ideas that are at the core of the controversy, I discuss the two main reasons why these issues are so controversial: conceptual m...

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Published in:	Language learning Vol. 63; no. s1; pp. 52 - 67
Main Author:	DeKeyser, Robert M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.03.2013 Wiley-Blackwell Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adults. Performance, acquisition Age Age differences Age effects Age of acquisition Attainment Bilingualism Classrooms critical period Curricula Curriculum Design Curriculum development Data collection Developmental Stages Education policy Educational Policy Foreign language learning Foreign languages Immigrants Language Language acquisition Learning Learning outcomes Linguistics Production and comprehension processes Psycholinguistics Psychology of language Research Methodology Second Language Instruction Second Language Learning Time Factors (Learning) Immigrant critical period Psycholinguistics Bilingualism Cognition age effects research methodology Second language acquisition Age Language learning immigrants
ISSN:	0023-8333, 1467-9922
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