The Influence of Age in the Acquisition of English as a Third Language.

Autor/in	Cenoz, Jasone
Titel	The Influence of Age in the Acquisition of English as a Third Language.
Quelle	(2001), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age; Age Differences; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Grammar; Language Proficiency; Language Research; Listening Skills; Pronunciation; Questionnaires; Reading Comprehension; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Secondary Education; Secondary School Students; Writing (Composition); Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Grammatik; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Sprachforschung; Aussprache; Fragebogen; Leseverstehen; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschüler; Schreibübung; Spanien
Abstract	This paper analyses the influence of age on the acquisition of English as a third language by focusing on the development of general proficiency in English by school children. Participants were 60 secondary school students who had studied English for 6 years but started learning it at different ages. All participants completed a battery of tests and questionnaires including different measures of proficiency in English: story telling, listening comprehension, composition, and grammar. The results show differences between older and younger students. These differences are discussed in reference to the existing research on the age factor in second language acquisition. The results indicate that the younger group obtained lower scores in different aspects of language proficiency than the older group. Older students had generally higher scores in all categories, much higher in some areas (composition and grammar), but scored lower than the younger students in pronunciation. (Contains 18 references.) (KFT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC