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Jiang, Mei; Green, Raymond J.; Henley, Tracy B.; Masten, William G. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Learners who begin to acquire a second language (L2) in a naturalistic environment after puberty are thought to be constrained by biological age factors and to have greater difficulty obtaining native-like L2. However, the extant literature suggests that L2 acquisition may be positively affected by post-maturational factors, such as acculturation.…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Acculturation, Puberty