Age and Second Language Acquisition and Processing: A Selective Overview

By David Birdsong. 2006

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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The syntax–discourse interface in near-native L2 acquisition: Off-line and on-line performance* (2009, unknown): “(Segalowitz, 2003; Cutler, Weber, Smits and Cooper, 2004; Segalowitz and Hulstijn, 2005; Birdsong, 2006; McDonald, 2006).”
A quick, gradient Bilingual Dominance Scale* (2009, background): “Higher points (five points maximum) were given for younger ages of comfort and acquisition to highlight the importance age-related decline (Birdsong, 2006).”
Age of onset, length of residence, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment in three linguistic domains (2013, background): “For studies and reviews disputing the existence of maturational constraints, see, for example, Bialystok and Miller, 1999; Birdsong, 2006, 2009; Birdsong and Molis, 2001; Herschensohn, 2007; Muñoz and Singleton, 2011).”
Quantitative analyses in a multivariate study of language attrition: the impact of extralinguistic factors (2010, background): “Theories and findings on • the effect of age at onset on ultimate attainment in L2 acquisition are often controversial and contradictory (e.g. Birdsong, 2006).”
Implicit and Explicit Knowledge in Second Language Learning, Testing and Teaching (2009, background): “the investigation by Blackwell et al. (1996) into GJTs and their implications for aphasia research).”
Contrasting Effects of Starting Age and Input on the Oral Performance of Foreign Language Learners (2014, background): “…State U niversity on July 2, 2014 http://applij.oxfordjournals.org/ D ow nloaded from 21 years; no participant older than 35 years was included to avoid confounding effects from their biological age (i.e. aging effects; see Birdsong 2006, 2014) and to guarantee continuity in length of exposure.”
Foreign Language Teaching and Learning (2015, background): “Future research in L2 acquisition must account not only for the typical decline in L2 attainment with age but also for the nativelike achievement levels of which some late learners are capable (Birdsong, 2006: p. 37).”
Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding (2013, background): “…the measurement of event-related potentials, or neuro-imaging to examine the areas of the brain and therefore the kinds of knowledge involved (for two literature overviews of neurological research on L2 age effects, coming to rather different conclusions, see Birdsong, 2006; DeKeyser, 2012a).”
ORAL FEEDBACK IN CLASSROOM SLA (2010, background): “…Norris & Ortega, 2000 ), other SLA studies have demonstrated more conclusively that learners’ age infl uences L2 developmental processes in signifi cant ways (e.g., DeKeyser & Larson-Hall, 2005 ; Hyltenstam & Abrahamsson, 2003 ; but see also Birdsong, 2006 ; Marinova-Todd, Marshall, & Snow, 2000 ).”
Bilingual language production: The neurocognition of language representation and control (2007, background): “Birdsong (2006) provides an insightful overview and critique.”
THE ROBUSTNESS OF APTITUDE EFFECTS IN NEAR-NATIVE SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (2008, background): “…~e+g+, Felix, 1985!, to a general cognitive decline and sensory acuity ~e+g+, Bialystok & Hakuta, 1999!, or to effects of bilingualism per se ~e+g+, Birdsong, 2006!+ However, there are strong indications that apparently nativelike late highlevel L2 learners may still not qualify as…”
CLIL in Sweden – why does it not work? A metaperspective on CLIL across contexts in Europe (2013, background): “If the aim is for the learner to become a functional bilingual, then early introduction is probably the most effective (cf., e.g., Birdsong 2006).”