- Tytuł:
- The Age Factor in the Foreign Language Class: What Do Learners Think?
- Autorzy:
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Pfenninger, Simone E.
Singleton, David - Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/783158.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
- Tematy:
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starting age
language experience essays
learner beliefs
motivation
individual differences - Opis:
- The present paper analyzes beliefs about the age factor of learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) with different starting ages (early vs. late starters), in different grades (in Year 7 at the beginning and in Year 12 at the end of secondary school), and with different levels of EFL proficiency (high achievers vs. low achievers). The sample for the study was drawn from a larger sample of 200 secondary school students who were part of a longitudinal study, undertaken in Switzerland between 2008 and 2015. From this sample we selected 10 early starting high-achievers, 10 early starting low-achievers, 10 late starting high-achievers, and 10 late starting low-achievers. A qualitative analysis of language experience essays written at the beginning and at the end of secondary school revealed that learners with different starting ages, in different grades, and with different levels of proficiency displayed different beliefs about the age factor. The overall lack of age effect on FL achievement found in our previous studies may be explicable in terms of a number of affective factors (e.g. disengagement of the early starters due to language practices of the classroom) and contextual factors (e.g. transition from English in primary to English in secondary).
- Źródło:
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Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition; 2016, 2, 1
2450-5455
2451-2125 - Pojawia się w:
- Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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