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ERIC Number: EJ366186
Record Type: CIJE
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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Critical Period (Language Learning)