A Critical Period for Learning to Pronounce Foreign Languages?.

Flege, James Emil

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Publication Date: 1987

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A Critical Period for Learning to Pronounce Foreign Languages?

Flege, James Emil

Applied Linguistics, v8 n2 p162-77 Sum 1987

Examination of existing empirical and theoretical literature suggests there is no conclusive support for the existence of a critical period for human speech learning. Assumption of a critical period may inhibit the search for testable hypotheses concerning observed adult-child differences in second language production. (Author/LMO)

Descriptors: Adult Learning, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Language Processing, Language Skills, Lateral Dominance, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Phonemes, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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