L2 learner age from a contextualised perspective
L2 learner age from a contextualised perspective
Author(s): Jelena DjigunovicSubject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: age effects; young beginners; English as L2; individual differences; contextual factors.
Summary/Abstract: In this qualitative study the author focuses on age effects on young learners' L2 development by comparing the L2 learning processes of six young learners in an instructed setting. The findings show that earlier and later young beginners follow different trajectories in their L2 learning, which refects different interactions which age enters into other variables.
Journal: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Issue Year: IV/2014
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 419-441
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English