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Learner differences 1: age

Penny Ur

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Abstract

It is commonly assumed that young children learn languages better than older ones. This is largely based on the observation that in immigrant families, young children normally become – apparently effortlessly – highly proficient in the new language. Research on children who did not have the opportunity to acquire language at an early age ('wolfchildren', or congenitally deaf children who recovered their hearing at a late age) indicate that they found it very difficult to learn it later. According to the critical period hypothesis (CPH), young children have a natural ability to learn languages which deteriorates when they get older; though when exactly this critical period ends is a subject of debate.

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APA 7

Ur, P. (2024). Learner differences 1: age. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009417594.020

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Ur, Penny. “Learner differences 1: age.” 2024, pp. 262–76, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009417594.020.

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Ur, Penny. 2024. “Learner differences 1: age.” https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009417594.020.

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Ur, P. (2024) ‘Learner differences 1: age’. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009417594.020.

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@misc{ur2024learner,
  title = {{Learner differences 1: age}},
  author = {Ur, Penny},
  pages = {262--276},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1017/9781009417594.020}
}

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