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Foster, Pauline; Bolibaugh, Cylcia; Kotula, Agnieszka – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2014
It is well established that part of native speaker competence resides in knowledge of conventionalized word combinations, or nativelike selections (NLSs). This article reports an investigation into the receptive NLS knowledge of second language (L2) users of English in both the United Kingdom and Poland and the influence of a variety of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Receptive Language, Second Language Learning
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Slavoff, Georgina R.; Johnson, Jacqueline S. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1995
Evaluates the role of age on the rate of acquiring English as a second language in an immersion setting in children with native languages typologically very different from English. Results suggest that on certain aspects of grammar, different-aged children can acquire a second language during the first three years of acquisition at similar rates…
Descriptors: Age, Child Language, Developmental Stages, English (Second Language)
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Harley, Birgit; Hart, Doug – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1997
Investigates the relationship between language aptitude components and second language (L2) outcomes among learners whose intensive L2 exposure began at different ages. Findings reveal that in adolescence immersion, a positive relationship occurs between L2 outcomes and an analytical dimension of language aptitude, whereas in early immersion, a…
Descriptors: Age, Cloze Procedure, Developmental Stages, Elementary School Students