
Age in Second Language Acquisition
Birgit Harley(Author)
Multilingual Matters (Publisher)
Published on 15. September 1986
Book
Hardback
156 pages
978-0-905028-57-6 (ISBN)
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Description
It is commonly held that young children pick up new languages "naturally" and with remarkable ease, while older learners generally have a long hard struggle to achieve even moderate fluency. The major purpose of this book is to carry out an examination of empirical studies in light of the various theoretical perspectives that have been brought to bear on the age issue. The analysis leads to a number of conclusions concerning the need for future research on specific aspects of L2 acquisition by older and younger learners. The study in Part 2 concentrates on some specific aspects of oral language proficiency as demonstrated in an interview setting to: (i) determine whether there are differences in L2 acquisition that can be associated with particular starting ages; (ii) and provide information of value to educators concerned with designing curriculae for such communicative L2 programs commencing at different age levels.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-905028-57-6 (9780905028576)
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Birgit Harley
Age in Second Language Acquisition
Book
09/1986
Multilingual Matters
€47.22
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Content
INTRODUCTION
PART l: THE AGE ISSUE
1. Theoretical Perspectives
2. Empirical Studies of Age Differences
PART II: EARLY AND LATE IMMERSION: A COMPARISON
3. Research Questions and Design
4. The Findings
5. Interpretation of the Findings
APPENDIX 1: THE INTERVIEW
APPENDIX 2: STORY REPETITION TASK
APPENDIX 3: TRANSLATION TASK
PART l: THE AGE ISSUE
1. Theoretical Perspectives
2. Empirical Studies of Age Differences
PART II: EARLY AND LATE IMMERSION: A COMPARISON
3. Research Questions and Design
4. The Findings
5. Interpretation of the Findings
APPENDIX 1: THE INTERVIEW
APPENDIX 2: STORY REPETITION TASK
APPENDIX 3: TRANSLATION TASK