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Direct linkHayakawa, Sayuri; Bartolotti, James; Marian, Viorica – Applied Linguistics, 2021
According to the US Department of State, a native English speaker can learn Spanish in about 600 h, but would take four times as long to learn Japanese. While it may be intuitive that similarity between a foreign language and a native tongue can influence the ease of acquisition, what is less obvious are the specific cognitive and emotional…
Descriptors: Native Language, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Learning Strategies
Bylund, Emanuel; Ramírez-Galan, Pedro – Applied Linguistics, 2016
Language aptitude remains one of the most understudied predictor variables in L1 attrition research. The current study seeks to address this gap by investigating the effects of language aptitude on L1 retention in late attriters. Forty L1 Spanish-L2 Swedish bilinguals living in Sweden participated in the study, along with 20 functionally…
Descriptors: Language Aptitude, Language Skill Attrition, Retention (Psychology), Native Language
