The Age Factor in Second Language Acquisition

A Critical Look at the Critical Period Hypothesis

• Author(s): David Michael Singleton, Zsolt Lengyel,
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Pages: 160
• ISBN_10: 185359301X
  ISBN_13: 9781853593017
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching ,

Description:... Assembles a variety of perspectives on the age factor in second language acquistion through all of which runs the common thread of certain scepticism with regard to absolutist version of the idea that there is a particular maturational stage beyond which language learning is no longer possible.