Three Misconceptions About Age and L2 Learning

By S. Marinova-Todd, D. B. Marshall, Catherine E. Snow. 2000

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Language and Linguistics

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Age of acquisition effects in word recognition and production in first and second languages (2002, background): “The stimuli were presented as black and white line drawings from Snodgrass and Vanderwart (1980) and Morrison et al. (1997). Participants were divided into two groups, with half of the participants naming the pictures in English and half naming the pictures in Spanish.”
A Study of Factors Affecting EFL Learners' English Pronunciation Learning and the Strategies for Instruction (2012, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003; Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005).”
A Study on the Situation of Pronunciation Instruction in ESL/EFL Classrooms (2011, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003).”
Why is Pronunciation So Difficult to Learn (2011, background): “Research has found that having a personal or professional goal for learning English can influence the need and desire for native-like pronunciation (Bernaus, Masgoret, Gardner, & Reyes, 2004; Gatbonton et al., 2005; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Masgoret & Gardner, 2003).”
When is a First Language More Emotional? Psychophysiological Evidence from Bilingual Speakers (2006, background): “Birdsong and Molis (2001) thus argued that the contexts of learning and use are important in addition to a maturational mechanism (see also Hakuta et al., 2003; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000; Moyer, 1999).”
Explaining English Language Proficiency Among Adolescent Immigrant Students (2008, background): “Developmental effects have been shown wherein adult learners acquire a second language more rapidly than younger children (especially in the initial stages), but over time children typically achieve higher levels of proficiency and more native-like pronunciation (Marinova-Todd et al., 2000).”
Do Language Attitudes Determine Accent? A Study of Bilinguals in the USA (2007, background): “…after the proposed critical, or sensitive, period (see Bongaerts et al., 1997; Flege, 1987; Flege et al., 1999; Moyer, 1999, 2004; Munro & Mann, 2005 for empirical findings; see Bialystok & Hakuta 1999; Hyltenstam & Abrahamsson, 2003; Marinova-Todd et al., 2000 for reviews and discussion).”