CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are some factors that make L2 learners and bilinguals different from monolinguals?
A
Innate talent for language acquisition
B
Brain plasticity
C
Critical period (age)
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Motivation, attitude, age, intelligence, aptitude, cognitive style, and personality are considered as factors that greatly influence someone in the process of his or her second language acquisition.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bilingual children show some advantages in socio-cognitive development when compared to monolinguals, particularly in understanding the beliefs of others, picking out the important variables to solve a problem, and entertaining two possible interpretations of the same stimulus at once.

Detailed explanation-3: -Results revealed a critical period ending around 17 years of age for the most effective acquisition of a second language (L2). The findings of a late cutoff indicate the age range of late childhood to late adolescence as crucial for learning an L2.

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