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

Autor/in	DeKeyser, Robert
Titel	Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding.
Quelle	In: Language learning, 63 (2013) Supplement, S. 52-67Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333; 1467-9922
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9922.2012.00737.x
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Methodologie; Bildungspolitik; Altersstufe; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Forschungsüberblick
Abstract	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, the author discusses 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. (Verlag, adapt.).
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Update	2022/2