Sensitive periods, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment

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Contrasting Effects of Starting Age and Input on the Oral Performance of Foreign Language Learners (2014, background): “This seminal study sets off a line of research that has featured prominently in the field of L2 acquisition up till the present time (e.g. DeKeyser 2000; Birdsong and Molis 2001; Abrahamsson and Hyltenstam 2008; DeKeyser et al. 2010; Granena and Long 2013).”
Age of onset, length of residence, language aptitude, and ultimate L2 attainment in three linguistic domains (2013, background): “In contrast, in the present study, like that in Granena (2013b), the GJT and the administration procedure were different.”
Hi-LAB: A New Measure of Aptitude for High-Level Language Proficiency (2013, background): “However, see Granena and Long (2013) for a recent study of age effects on windows of opportunity for learning phonology, lexis and collocations, and morphosyntax.”
Foreign language aptitude theory: Yesterday, today and tomorrow (2016, background): “…studies have repeatedly pointed to the fact that among all ID factors (except for the indisputable age factor; see Skehan 1989, 1998; Dörnyei 2005; Granena & Long 2013 for detailed reviews) that are purported to influence L2 learning, only L2 motivation can manage to perform on a par with FL…”