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    The document discusses research on the critical period hypothesis in second language acquisition. Specifically, it summarizes studies that have investigated the effect of age on acquiring aspects of a nonnative language like phonology, syntax and grammar. Some key studies found support for sensitive periods in acquiring these linguistic skills while others challenged the strict interpretation of the critical period hypothesis. Overall, the document examines the evidence for and against age constraints in second language learning.

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    The document discusses research on the critical period hypothesis in second language acquisition. Specifically, it summarizes studies that have investigated the effect of age on acquiring aspects of a nonnative language like phonology, syntax and grammar. Some key studies found support for sensitive periods in acquiring these linguistic skills while others challenged the strict interpretation of the critical period hypothesis. Overall, the document examines the evidence for and against age constraints in second language learning.

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    -Oyama, S. (1976). A sensitive period for the acquisition of a nonnative phonological system. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 5, 261285.

    -Patkowski, M. (1980). The sensitive period for the acquisition of syntax in a second language. Language Learning, 30,449472. -Johnson, J. S. (1992). Critical period effects in second language acquisition: The effect of written versus auditory materials on the assessment of grammatical competence. language Learning, 42, 217248. -Johnson, J. S., & Newport, E. L. (1989). Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language. Cognitive Psychology, 21, 60-99.

    Penfield, W.; Roberts L. (1959). Speech and Brain Mechanisms. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Age constraints on first versus second language acquisition: Evidence for linguistic plasticity and epigenesisq Rachel I. Mayberry* and Elizabeth Lock, Accepted 17 April 2003 Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (2008). How languages are learned (3rd ed.). NY: OUP Teachers College, Columbia University, Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2009, Vol. 9, No. 1The Critical Period Hypothesis: Support, Challenge, and ReconceptualizationThe Critical Period Hypothesis:Support, Challenge, and Reconceptualization Andy Schouten1Kanda University of International Studies

    The Effect of Age on Acquisition of a Second Language for School


    Virginia P. Collier George Mason University, 1987-1988

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