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Is Adult Second Language Acquisition Defective? [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
There is a large literature showing that adult L2 learners, in contrast to children, often fail to acquire native-like competence in the second language.
Ewa Dąbrowska, Ewa Dąbrowska, Laura Becker, Luca Miorelli   +3 more
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Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition

Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2005
Most non-native speakers would agree that it is sometimes frustrating to communicate in another language. Many have embarrassing stories about how they have been misunderstood or have not been able to convey their intended messages at all.
Özlem Pazvant
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Is musical ability related to second-language acquisition? A meta-analysis. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Thompson RM, Salig LK, Slevc LR.
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Second Language Acquisition

Lingua, 2001
In the course of language acquisition, the learner passes through a series of ‘learner varieties,’ which approach successively the linguistic system of the learner's social environment. Children normally succeed in a perfect replication of this system.
Susan M. Gass, Jennifer Behney, Luke Plonsky, Susan M. Gass, Larry Selinker   +4 more
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Influence of Vocalized Reading Practice on English Learning and Psychological Problems of Middle School Students

Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
The purpose of this study is to improve the English learning anxiety and learning effect for middle school students. From the perspective of educational psychology, the influence of vocalized reading practice on the English learning of students is ...
Hongyan Zhang, Xianghua Han
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Use of the first-acquired language modulates pupil size in the processing of island constraint violations

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionTraditional studies of the population called “heritage speakers” (HS) have treated this group as distinct from other bilingual populations, e.g., simultaneous or late bilinguals (LB), focusing on group differences in the competencies of the ...
Gita Martohardjono, Gita Martohardjono, Michael A. Johns, Pamela Franciotti, Daniela Castillo, Ilaria Porru, Cass Lowry   +6 more
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“Is This a Safe Space?”: Examining an Emotionally Charged Eruption in Critical Language Pedagogy

Education Sciences, 2021
Unexpected conflicts, or eruptions, in class during discussions of controversial issues are not uncommon in the field of English language teaching (ELT).
Gordon Blaine West
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Learning experience design for augmented reality

Research in Learning Technology, 2021
Recent years have seen a growing interest in augmented reality (AR) technologies due to their potential for simulating real-life situations and creating authentic learning tasks.
Betül Czerkawski, Margherita Berti
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The Perception of Postalveolar English Obstruents by Spanish Speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language in Mexico

Languages, 2020
The present study deals with the perception (identification and discrimination) of an English phonemic contrast (/t∫/–/∫/, as in cheat and sheet) by speakers of two Mexican varieties of Spanish who are learning English as a foreign language.
Mariela López Velarde, Miquel Simonet
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Second Language Acquisition [PDF]

, 2009
This article reviews neurocognitive evidence on second language (L2) processing at speech sound, word, and sentence levels. Hemodynamic (functional magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography) data suggest that L2s are implemented in the same brain structures as the native language but with quantitative differences in the strength of ...
Indefrey, P., Davidson, D.
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