Name : Ivan Maulana

Nim : 2019111022
Class : English Education 5A

Question

1. What are the possible implications of "a critical period for language development"
for your future language teaching? ( your perspective as a candidate teacher )

Answer

1. In my opinion, a person's critical period in language development is between 12 and 13

years. In the language learning process, the term critical age hypothesis is also known.
This hypothesis considers age as a factor to achieve language skills. This critical age
period was born from various observations based on the fact that children are faster and
more successful in picking up language in a particular language community. Meanwhile
their parents had a lot of trouble picking up the language. From the above case the girl
experienced a condition of extreme neglect and abuse, the girl was locked up and given
little or no verbal interaction causing her difficulty in learning experimental grammar it
was all due to lack of language learning experienced a condition of neglect and trauma
due to abuse, it can be concluded concluded that the age of 2 to 13 years is the ideal age
to achieve language skills like native speakers of foreign languages. He argues that
before the age of two it is impossible for a person to learn a foreign language because of a
lack of brain maturity. And after puberty a person will have difficulty in learning foreign
languages, especially in pronunciation because of the reduction in certain plantisias to
learn foreign languages naturally. Referring to Lenneberg's hypothesis, Scovel (1969)
argues that it is impossible for an adult to master a foreign language without losing the
accent of his main language. As a prospective teacher in the future I understand this
concept very well and will apply it to my students.