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Flashcards by Michael Tewes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Michael Tewes
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Definition of CRITICAL PERIOD HYPOTHESIS? | Claims, that there is an ideal time window to acquire language in a linguistically rich environment, after which language acquisition becomes much more difficult and effortful |
| What are SIMULTANEOUS BILINGUALS? | Children, that acquire two language from birth |
| What are SEQUENTIAL BILINGUALS | Children, that learn one language from birth and another during childhood |
| Differences age INITIAL STAGES of LEARNING | older childs, adults often progress faster than early child learners in the INITIAL STAGES (grammar etc.) But the children will surpass their older peers and gain more proficiency. |
| Role of UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR in AGE | Theory: Universal linguistic principle are present from birth. But parameters vary from language to language. UG remains into adulthood, but the ability to reset the parameters for each language is lost. |
| Biological theory of acquiring language regarding AGE? | The brain loses the ability for adaption and reorganization with age (puberty seems to be a remarkable indicator) Studies with brain damage (Lenneberg 1967) |
| Age and NATIVE ACCENT | Common theory: Only child learners are capable of acquiring a native accent in informal contexts |
| Age and NATIVE GRAMMATICAL COMPETENCE | Common theory: Children may be more likely to acquire a native grammatical competence |
| Age and levels of attainment SLA | Common theory: Children are more likely to reach higher levels of attainment in both pronunciation and grammar than adults |
| Age and PROCESS of acquiring a second language. | The process of acquiring a second language grammar is not substantially affected by age, but that of acquiring pronunciation my be. |
| Motivation vs. neurology | Marinova-Todd et al. (2000): Motivation, rather than neurology, is the determining factor in SLA success... Some older beginner achieved native like proficiency because they were highly motivated |
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