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Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning: Revisiting the Age Factor
Simone E. Pfenninger
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Description for Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning: Revisiting the Age Factor
Paperback. 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. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: CFDC; CJ; CJC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. .
This book constitutes a holistic study of how and why late starters surpass early starters in comparable instructional settings. Combining advanced quantitative methods with individual-level qualitative data, it examines the role of age of onset in the context of the Swiss multilingual educational system and focuses on performance at the beginning and end of secondary school, thereby offering a long-term view of the teenage experience of foreign language learning. The study scrutinised factors that seem to prevent young starters from profiting from their extended learning period and investigated the mechanisms that enable late beginners to catch up with early beginners ... Read more
This book constitutes a holistic study of how and why late starters surpass early starters in comparable instructional settings. Combining advanced quantitative methods with individual-level qualitative data, it examines the role of age of onset in the context of the Swiss multilingual educational system and focuses on performance at the beginning and end of secondary school, thereby offering a long-term view of the teenage experience of foreign language learning. The study scrutinised factors that seem to prevent young starters from profiting from their extended learning period and investigated the mechanisms that enable late beginners to catch up with early beginners ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Second Language Acquisition
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783097616
SKU
V9781783097616
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About Simone E. Pfenninger
Simone E. Pfenninger is Assistant Professor of Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition at the University of Salzburg, Austria. Her research interests include multilingualism, psycholinguistics and the age factor in SLA and she is co-editor (with Judit Navracsics) of Future Research Directions for Applied Linguistics (2017, Multilingual Matters). David Singleton is Professor of Applied Linguistics ... Read more
Reviews for Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning: Revisiting the Age Factor
This is a balanced and perceptive study that approaches a topic of interest to us all, drawing on fresh evidence and careful analysis. The authors investigate the impact of both learner-internal and -external factors applying state of the art statistical modelling, and their results are of great relevance for both researchers and policy makers.
Raphael Berthele, University of Fribourg, ... Read more
Raphael Berthele, University of Fribourg, ... Read more