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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Veröffentlicht in:Language learning Jg. 63; H. s1; S. 52 - 67
1. Verfasser: DeKeyser, Robert M.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.03.2013
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Schlagworte:
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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Zusammenfassung: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 misunderstandings and methodological difficulties. The main part of the article then makes suggestions for improvement in subject selection, data collection, and instrumentation, in the hope that both sides of the debate will be able to agree on them. More sophisticated research in this area is of the utmost importance given how crucial understanding age effects is for educational policy and curriculum design. Where foreign language learning rather than second language learning is concerned, directly relevant research, carried out with classroom foreign language learners, is even more sorely needed. Podcast
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ISSN:0023-8333
1467-9922
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00737.x