MALOVRH, PAUL A., & JAMES F. LEE. The Developmental Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning: The L2 Acquisition of Object Pronouns in Spanish. London, UK and New York, NY: Bloomsbury, 2013. Pp. v, 262. $40.99, cloth. ISBN 978-1-19372-441-8.

2015 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 610-611
Author(s):  
GREGORY L. THOMPSON
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Object Pronouns

CONSCIOUSNESS, RULES, AND INSTRUCTED SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.Peter Robinson. New York: Peter Lang, 1996. Pp. xiv + 291. $52.95 cloth.

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-664
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Schachter
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Language Knowledge

In this revised dissertation, Robinson tackles two important topics in adult second language learning: (a) the roles of attention and awareness and (b) the mechanisms for storage of second language knowledge.

scholarly journals How adult second language learning differs from child first language development

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harald Clahsen ◽  
Pieter Muysken
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
First Language ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Theoretical Developments

AbstractWe argue that the model developed in Epstein et al.'s target article does not explain differences between child first language (LI) acquisition and adult second language (L2) acquisition. We therefore sketch an alternative view, originally developed in Clahsen and Muysken (1989), in the light of new empirical findings and theoretical developments.

L2 acquisition in childhood, adulthood and old age

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Singleton ◽  
Simone E. Pfenninger
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Age Factor ◽  
Research Findings

Abstract This article deals with some misunderstandings about the age factor in second language acquisition which result from a reliance on an incomplete interpretation of relevant research findings. It begins with an exploration of the work of Penfield and Lenneberg and goes on to weigh recent evidence for and against the hypothesis of a “critical period” in the context of naturalistic second language acquisition. It then turns to the question of the effects of early instructed second language learning. Finally, it addresses the issue of second language learning in late adulthood, summarizing the results of such empirical investigation as has been undertaken to date on this topic and arguing for more attention to be devoted to this area in the future.

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