Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews

The present study uses oral interviews with foreign language learners in search of influential factors in their language learning histories. The sample for the study was drawn from a larger sample of intermediate/advanced learners of English as a foreign language with a minimum of 10 years of exposu...

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Autor: Muñoz Lahoz, Carme
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
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Palabra clave:Aprenentatge integrat de continguts i llengües estrangeres
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spelling Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviewsMuñoz Lahoz, CarmeAprenentatge integrat de continguts i llengües estrangeresContent and Language Integrated LearningThe present study uses oral interviews with foreign language learners in search of influential factors in their language learning histories. The sample for the study was drawn from a larger sample of intermediate/advanced learners of English as a foreign language with a minimum of 10 years of exposure/instruction. The sample includes 6 early learners (range of starting age: 3.2-6.5) and 6 late learners (starting age: 11+). Half of them in each group were among those with the highest scores on two English language tests in the larger sample and half among those with the lowest scores on those same tests. A qualitative analysis of the interviews of these learners yields insights into their experience of foreign language learning and the role played in it by starting age and other significant factors, such as motivation and intensive contact with the language.Adam Mickiewicz University2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/178113Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.14746/sslit2014.4.3.5Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2014, vol. 4, num. 3, p. 465-484https://doi.org/10.14746/sslit2014.4.3.5cc-by (c) Muñoz Lahoz, Carme, 2014https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1781132026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
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Muñoz Lahoz, Carme
Aprenentatge integrat de continguts i llengües estrangeres
Content and Language Integrated Learning
title_short Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
title_full Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
title_fullStr Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
title_full_unstemmed Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
title_sort Starting age and other influential factors: Insights from learner interviews
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Muñoz Lahoz, Carme
author Muñoz Lahoz, Carme
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Aprenentatge integrat de continguts i llengües estrangeres
Content and Language Integrated Learning
topic Aprenentatge integrat de continguts i llengües estrangeres
Content and Language Integrated Learning
description The present study uses oral interviews with foreign language learners in search of influential factors in their language learning histories. The sample for the study was drawn from a larger sample of intermediate/advanced learners of English as a foreign language with a minimum of 10 years of exposure/instruction. The sample includes 6 early learners (range of starting age: 3.2-6.5) and 6 late learners (starting age: 11+). Half of them in each group were among those with the highest scores on two English language tests in the larger sample and half among those with the lowest scores on those same tests. A qualitative analysis of the interviews of these learners yields insights into their experience of foreign language learning and the role played in it by starting age and other significant factors, such as motivation and intensive contact with the language.
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