The Role of Language Aptitude in Children's Rate and Route of L2 Acquisition: A Direction for Future Research in Child SLA

Autor/in	Beccia, Ashley
Titel	The Role of Language Aptitude in Children's Rate and Route of L2 Acquisition: A Direction for Future Research in Child SLA
Quelle	In: Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 10 (2020) 2, S.26-28 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2576-2907
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; Language Aptitude; Children; Adults; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachbegabung; Spracheignung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	A fundamental distinction in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) is route versus rate of acquisition (or L2 development). While the former has traditionally referred to developmental sequences of learning, the latter denotes the speed with which learners progress through developmental trajectories (Muñoz, 2006). A second distinction at the center of SLA is the ultimate L2 attainment of children versus adults. Although researchers in the field hold different views regarding the role and effects of age in language learning ability and ultimate attainment--such as whether learners are subject to one or multiple critical or sensitive periods of development--researchers generally converge on the fact that early (child) L2 learners fully acquire the target language (TL) while most late (adult) learners do not (Hartshorne et al., 2019). (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Teachers College, Columbia University. 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. e-mail: tcsalt@tc.columbia.edu; Web site: https://tesolal.columbia.edu
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01