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Explicit but Not Implicit Memory Predicts Ultimate Attainment in the Native Language [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
The present paper examines the relationship between explicit and implicit memory and ultimate attainment in the native language. Two groups of native speakers of English with different levels of academic attainment (i.e., high vs. low) took part in three
Miquel Llompart, Ewa Dąbrowska, Ewa Dąbrowska   +2 more
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Beyond age: exploring ultimate attainment in heritage speakers and late L2 learners [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology
According to the Critical Period Hypothesis, successful language learning is optimal during early childhood, whereas language learning outside of this time window is unsuccessful.
Leonarda Prela, Ewa Dąbrowska, Miquel Llompart, Miquel Llompart   +3 more
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Continuous versus intermittent vancomycin infusions in critically ill children with gram-positive bacterial infections: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Objective This randomized controlled trial (RCT) compares continuous intravenous infusion (CIV) and intermittent infusion of vancomycin (IIV) regimens (40 mg/kg/day) in PICU patients with Gram-positive infections.
Yahui Wu, Shuang Liu, Chong Shi, Min Zhang, Jing Chen, Xiaolan Huang, Xiaodai Cui, Siyuan Huang, Jingrong Fan, Dong Qu   +9 more
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The critical role of anthropology in attaining happiness: An Islamic perspective [PDF]

Kom: Časopis za Religijske Nauke, 2023
Happiness is widely regarded as the ultimate aim of human existence. This article adopts a descriptive-analytical approach, drawing upon the author's interpretation of Qur'anic verses, to explore the significant influence of anthropology on the ...
Agha-Mohammadi Morteza
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Aptitude and experience as predictors of grammatical proficiency in adult Greek-English bilinguals

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
It has been shown that individuals exhibit great variability in second language (L2) ultimate attainment. Some speakers reach native-like proficiency, others only achieve a rudimentary command and many lie in the middle.
Leonarda Prela, Miquel Llompart, Miquel Llompart, Ewa Dąbrowska, Ewa Dąbrowska   +4 more
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The Critical Period Hypothesis for L2 Acquisition: An Unfalsifiable Embarrassment?

Languages, 2021
This article focuses on the uncertainty surrounding the issue of the Critical Period Hypothesis. It puts forward the case that, with regard to naturalistic situations, the hypothesis has the status of both “not proven” and unfalsified.
David Singleton, Justyna Leśniewska
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Critical period in second language acquisition: The age-attainment geometry

Frontiers in Physics, 2023
One of the most fascinating, consequential, and far-reaching debates that have occurred in second language acquisition research concerns the Critical Period Hypothesis [1].
ZhaoHong Han, Gang Bao
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Energy conservation theory for second language acquisition (ECT-L2A): a partial validation of kinetic energy–aptitude and motivation

Frontiers in Physics, 2023
While language aptitude and motivation are important contributors to second language (L2) attainment, two major gaps in the past research have been 1) a lack of non-linear models stemming from a naïve and tacit assumption that learning outcomes are ...
Peter Kim
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Factors Affecting Grammatical and Lexical Complexity of Long-Term L2 Speakers’ Oral Proficiency [PDF]

, 2016
There remains considerable disagreement about which factors drive second language (L2) ultimate attainment. Age of onset (AO) appears to be a robust factor, lending support to theories of maturational constraints on L2 acquisition.
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Is Adult Second Language Acquisition Defective?

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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