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Linguistic Dissimilarity Increases Age-Related Decline in Adult Language Learning

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Schepens, Job J.; van Hout, Roeland W. N. M.; van der Slik, Frans W. P. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023

We investigated age-related decline in adult learning of Dutch as an additional language (Ln) in speaking, writing, listening, and reading proficiency test scores for 56,024 adult immigrants with 50 L1s who came to the Netherlands for study or work. Performance for all four language skills turned out to decline monotonically after an age of…

Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Ability, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction

Cross-Language Distance Influences Receptive Vocabulary Outcomes of Bilingual Children

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Blom, Elma; Boerma, Tessel; Bosma, Evelyn; Cornips, Leonie; van den Heuij, Kirsten; Timmermeister, Mona – First Language, 2020

Various studies have shown that bilingual children score lower than their monolingual peers on standardized receptive vocabulary tests. This study investigates if this effect is moderated by language distance. Dutch receptive vocabulary was tested with the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT). The impact of cross-language distance was examined…

Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Bilingualism, At Risk Students, Vocabulary Development

The Development of Language and Reading Skills in the Second and Third Languages of Multilingual Children in French Immersion

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Berube, Daniel; Marinova-Todd, Stefka H. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012

The relationship between first language (L1) typology, defined as the classification of languages according to their structural characteristics (e.g. phonological systems and writing systems), and the development of second (L2) and third (L3) language skills and literacy proficiency in multilingual children was investigated in this study. The…

Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Multilingualism, Language Classification, Grade 4