CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Age of Acquisition (AoA) refers to the moment in which a student begins to learn a second language for a long period with no interruption.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Introduction. Age of acquisition (AoA) refers to the age at which a concept or a skill is learned (Hernandez and Li, 2007).

Detailed explanation-2: -To become completely fluent, however, learning should start before the age of 10. There are three main ideas as to why language-learning ability declines at 18: social changes, interference from one’s primary language and continuing brain development.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term ‘second language acquisition’ is used to refer to the learning of any nonnative language, regardless of the sociocultural nature of the learning environment (second vs foreign) and the order in which the language is learned (second vs third, or fourth).

Detailed explanation-4: -First language acquisition refers to the way children learn their native language. Second language acquisition refers to the learning of another language or languages besides the native language.

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