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Age Factor in Foreign Language Acquisition
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- Issue Date
- 1999
- Publisher
- 서울대학교 교육종합연구원
- Citation
- SNU Journal of Education Research, Vol.9, pp. 1-16
- Keywords
- 98-116
- Description
- 1999
- Abstract
- The paper focuses on some theoretical issues concerning age factor in second language
acquisition. It critically reviews several ideas on age factor, the main attention being paid to the
two issues of "nature-nurture" and "critical/sensitive period." It concludes with practical suggestions
for the improvement of the current TEFL situations in Korean school systems. The issue of age is one of the perennial topics in the study of first and second
language acquisition. It has played an important role in making educational decisions
concerning when second language instruction should be introduced in the formal school
settings.
Although no definite answers have been proposed, many studies regard the following
questions as the two main research topics regarding age factor:
(1) Are younger learners better than older learners in second language acquisition?
(2) Do sensitive period(s) exist in second language acquisition?
- ISSN
- 1225-5335
- Language
- English
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