Carmen Muñoz (ed.) 2006
Research on the influence of the age factor in first and second language learning has been a centre of debate for some time but research on the age factor in foreign language learning is relatively new. While second and foreign language learning are often categorised together, there are substantial...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ddd.uab.cat:298851 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://ddd.uab.cat/record/298851 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Age factor First language learning Second language learning Foreign language learning |
| Sumario: | Research on the influence of the age factor in first and second language learning has been a centre of debate for some time but research on the age factor in foreign language learning is relatively new. While second and foreign language learning are often categorised together, there are substantial differences in the acquisition of second and foreign languages. Not least of these is the fact that second language acquisition (SLA) is embedded within a larger context (the host environment) where the target language is widely used (Dörnyei 1990). On the other hand, foreign language (FL) acquisition usually occurs in decontextualised settings of the classroom with little possibility of regular interaction with the target language community. |
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