EUROPEAN UNIVERSITYOF LEFKE WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL PERIOD IN SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING? WHICH ONE LEARNS BETTER AND QUICKER? ADULTS OR CHILDREN?
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ALMAKKI ALSABIRI
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INTRODUCTION
In the field of SLA there are a few speculations about how individuals take in a second language. At first, Behaviorism hypothesis, which sees learning as imitation, practice, support, and encouragement. Skinner was the individual who best known about this hypothesis, he underlined the significance of imitation and repetition in learning the process. Learners …show more content…
(Bialystok and miller1999) research that focuses on behavioral evidence by measuring language proficiency through rating of oral speech and grammatical judgment, (Lenneberg ,1967, Penfield & Roberts,1959) argued that children are superior to adults in learning the second language because their brain are more flexible, they can learn language easily because their cortex is more plastic than that adults, they additionally contend that the ideal period for language securing falls inside the initial ten years of life when mind holds its …show more content…
REFRENCES
Bialystok, E., & Miller, B. (1999). The problem of age in second-language acquisition: Influences from language, structure, and task. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2, 127-145.
Ellis, R. (1985). Understanding Second Language Acquisition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lenneberg, E. H. (1967).The biological foundations of language. New York: Wiley.
Penfield, W., & Roberts, L. (1959). Speech and brain-mechanisms. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Steinberg, D. (1993). An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. England: Longman Group UK Limited.
Sutton, A., & Sharon, H. (2001). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language: Focus on Learner, Teaching Adults. USA: Heinle &
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ALMAKKI ALSABIRI
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INTRODUCTION
In the field of SLA there are a few speculations about how individuals take in a second language. At first, Behaviorism hypothesis, which sees learning as imitation, practice, support, and encouragement. Skinner was the individual who best known about this hypothesis, he underlined the significance of imitation and repetition in learning the process. Learners …show more content…
(Bialystok and miller1999) research that focuses on behavioral evidence by measuring language proficiency through rating of oral speech and grammatical judgment, (Lenneberg ,1967, Penfield & Roberts,1959) argued that children are superior to adults in learning the second language because their brain are more flexible, they can learn language easily because their cortex is more plastic than that adults, they additionally contend that the ideal period for language securing falls inside the initial ten years of life when mind holds its …show more content…
REFRENCES
Bialystok, E., & Miller, B. (1999). The problem of age in second-language acquisition: Influences from language, structure, and task. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2, 127-145.
Ellis, R. (1985). Understanding Second Language Acquisition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Lenneberg, E. H. (1967).The biological foundations of language. New York: Wiley.
Penfield, W., & Roberts, L. (1959). Speech and brain-mechanisms. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Steinberg, D. (1993). An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. England: Longman Group UK Limited.
Sutton, A., & Sharon, H. (2001). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language: Focus on Learner, Teaching Adults. USA: Heinle &