R Berthele - Applied Linguistics Review, 2011 - degruyter.com
Most researchers agree on the idea that multilinguals have specific advantages over monolinguals in learning more languages and, more generally, develop specific …
S Ojima, H Matsuba-Kurita, N Nakamura… - Neuroscience …, 2011 - Elsevier
Children's foreign-language (FL) learning is a matter of much social as well as scientific debate. Previous behavioral research indicates that starting language learning late in life …
J Oller, I Vila - Culture and Education, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
La realidad sociolingüística de Cataluña hace de este entorno un buen observatorio para el estudio de la adquisición de la lengua de la escuela del alumnado extranjero ya que, a …
The growing population of young English language learners (ELLs) in American schools creates an urgency for educators to understand, value, and support the wide array of …
Abstract<? Pub Inc> This study investigated grammatical difficulty from the perspective of second language (L2) learners in relation to their overall L2 proficiency and L2 performance …
EM Wunder - New trends in crosslinguistic influence and …, 2011 - degruyter.com
It was the linguist Scovel (1988) who identified the so-called 'Joseph Conrad phenomenon', which claims that it is impossible for an adult learner of a foreign language to achieve a …
Despite the spread of reliable desktop audio and videoconferencing facilities, some CMC- based projects still rely on asynchronous written environments, if only because of the …
S Gass, M Glew - An introduction to bilingualism, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Page 1 265 Chapter 12 Second Language Acquisition and Bilingualism Susan Gass and Margo Glew Michigan State University The …
T Ionin, S Montrul, H Santos - BULD 35 Proceedings, 2011 - academia.edu
The role of transfer from the first language (L1) in second language (L2) acquisition is well- documented (Dechert & Raupach 1989; Ellis 2006; Gass & Selinker 1992; Odlin 1989; …