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Includes bibliographical references
Theoretical Issues -- Critical Period or General Age Factor(s)? / David Singleton -- Phonological Acquisition in Multilingualism / Jonathan Leather -- Know Your Grammar: What the Knowledge of Syntax and Morphology in an L2 Reveals about the Critical Period for Second/foreign Language Acquisition / Stefka H. Marinova-Todd -- Fieldwork in Bilingual Communities -- The Influence of Age on the Acquisition of English: General Proficiency, Attitudes and Code Mixing / Jasone Cenoz -- Age, Length of Exposure and Grammaticality Judgments in the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language / Maria del Pila Garcia Mayo -- English FL Sounds in School Learners of Different Ages / Maria Luisa Garcia Lecumberri and Francisco Gallardo -- Maturational Constraints on Foreign-language Written Production / David Lasagabaster and Aintzane Doiz -- Variation in Oral Skills Development and Age of Onset / Carmen Munoz -- Learner Strategies: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of Primary and High-school EFL Teachers / Mia Victori and Elsa Tragant
Addressing issues which are critical for language planning, this is an overview of research on the age factor in foreign language learning. It presents research on foreign language learning in bilingual communities in formal instruction settings focusing on syntax, phonology, writing, and more
