… acquisition but also functional language usage and proficiency. We examined whether the
onset age of the second most proficient language (… onset age of second language acquisition …

… in the age at which they acquired their second language (L2) … The underlying mechanism
for a bilingual advantage in … are to what extent bilingual children are balanced bilinguals (eg, …

… as to whether absolute dual language proficiency or language balance is associated with …
Recent work on early second language learners suggests, however, that language balance …

… for supporting early bilingual language acquisition. Although … their second language between
birth and age 13 y. Adults’ … A parallel analysis of language balance was not conducted for …

… the mechanism underlying how bilingualism balance relates … perspective as an underlying
mechanism, by highlighting the … than less-balanced bilinguals (or second language learners). …

… of the claim that bilinguals are better language learners, however, is … bilinguals and the
social dimension of bilingualism. Another issue vis-`a-vis primary-school language learning is …

… difficult to acquire than one because language acquisition requires … We know that children
can acquire a second language and … be to look at perfectly balanced bilinguals. But perfectly …

… for second language learning is at an early age through high-… , bilinguals also need to keep
a constant balance between … the attention and inhibition mechanisms (executive functions) …

… early 1990s, we have been witnessing a global lowering of starting age for second language
acquisition (… The number of boys and girls was balanced, but its longitudinal nature affected …

… , and more so for late than for early second language learners… second language acquisition
rather than bilingualism per se. … a language is the driving mechanism behind word learning: …