Beyond age effects in instructional l2 learning: revisiting the age factor
Auteur :
Pfenninger, Simone E. / Singleton, David
Éditeur :
Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN :
9781783097616
Date de publication :
21 avr. 2017
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
450 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Combining advanced quantitative methods in classroom research with individual-level qualitative data, this study demonstrates that the capacity of late starters vastly surpasses popular expectations. It shows that age of onset is irrelevant for many aspects of language acquisition and that for a variety of reasons a later onset can be beneficial.