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Fossilization in Second Language Performance: The Concern of Ultimate Attainment

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023
The issue of fossilization has been a concern for researchers, in the area of second language acquisition, many of whom have investigated its possible causes, in what form they appear, and at what age. However, it is evident that second language learners fail to reach native-like competence in the target language.
Ifeanyi A. Uche, Ugo Chinedu Noke, Udeigwe O. John   +2 more
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Ultimate attainment in late second language acquisition: Phonetic and grammatical challenges in advanced Dutch–English bilingualism

Second Language Research, 2014
The present article provides an exploration of ultimate attainment in second language (L2) and its limitations. It is argued that the question of maturational constraints can best be investigated when the reference population is bilingual and exposed on a regular basis to varieties of their first language (L1) that show cross-linguistic influence.
Schmid, Monika S, Gilbers, Steven, Nota, Amber   +2 more
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Identity, agency and intercultural dialogic competencies in L2 ultimate attainment

Language and Dialogue, 2021
AbstractThis preliminary study seeks to examine the role of agency and bilinguals’ identity negotiated in the processes of acculturation as key factors in attaining a very high or near-native L2 proficiency. Since these aspects appear to have been underestimated in research on L2 ultimate attainment, interviews were carried out with eight L2 speakers ...
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Centenarians and the ultimate age attainable by man

Nutrition Bulletin, 1988
SummaryIn the past forty years there has been a nine‐fold increase in the number of centenarians in England and Wales, which is not explicable by genetic factors nor by population increase. The rise is accounted for by a “knock‐on” effect, since in each decade of life more individuals are living longer.
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AGE AND ULTIMATE ATTAINMENT IN THE PRONUNCIATION OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
This paper reports on two studies that addressed the issue of ultimate attainment by late second language learners. The aim of the studies, which included a carefully screened group of highly successful Dutch learners of English in their designs, was to determine whether or not late second language learners who had achieved a nativelike performance in ...
Theo Bongaerts, Chantal van Summeren, Brigitte Planken, Erik Schils   +3 more
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Exceptional learners and ultimate attainment in second language acquisition

1997
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On positive evidence and ultimate attainment in L2 phonology

Second Language Research, 1994
Since the early 1970s, L2 syntax researchers have seriously challenged the applicability of a critical period to the acquisition of L2 syntax, reformulating this challenge in the 1990s in terms of whether postpuberty learners retain access to the principles and parameters of Universal Grammar (UG).
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Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment

2013
Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in naturalistic settings, respectively.
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L2 and L3 ultimate attainment: an investigation of two parameters

International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
This study considers the upper limit of ultimate attainment in the L2 French and L3 English of trilingual learners. The learners are native speakers of Moroccan Arabic who started learning L2 French at eight and L3 English at 16. They are advanced in both languages.
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Ultimate attainment of tense/aspectual contrasts in L2 Spanish

2007
This paper considers the difficulty of L1 English speakers in learning the Spanish past tense/aspectual contrasts and addresses the question of their ultimate attainment of the same. The concepts of tense/aspect are defined as well as how they fit into the larger notion of temporality.
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