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This book was first published in 2007. The anecdotal view of language acquisition is that children learn language with apparent ease, no instruction and in very little time, while adults find learning a new language to be cognitively challenging, labour intensive and time-consuming. In this book Herschensohn examines whether early childhood is a critical period for language acquisition after which individuals cannot learn a language as native speakers. She argues that a first language is largely susceptible to age constraints, showing major deficits past the age of twelve. Second-language acquisition also shows age effects, but with a range of individual differences. The competence of expert adult learners, the unequal achievements of child learners of second languages, and the lack of consistent evidence for a maturational cut-off, all cast doubt on a critical period for second-language acquisition.

Language acquisition --- Second language acquisition. --- Age factors. --- Second language learning --- Age factors in language acquisition --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics

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"This book focuses exclusively on child bilinguals or children exposed to a second language in various learning contexts. Through the presentation of research on how children learn the sound systems or lexicon in two languages and via different routes, the book aims to paint a comprehensive picture of child bilingualism and second language learning. In addition, the book features contributions focused on theoretical overviews and methodological approaches. Researchers from diverse disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, and speech-language pathology contributed to the book that thus represents an effort to integrate multiple views and perspectives. The book is useful for researchers, clinicians, and educators who work with children acquiring or learning a second language in different settings. It should also be of interest to university students studying bilingualism and/or second language acquisition or parents raising bilingual children"--

Bilingualism in children. --- Second language acquisition. --- Language acquisition --- Age factors. --- Age factors in language acquisition --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Second language learning --- Children --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics

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This edited volume documents the state of the art in research into how the age factor interacts with other factors in a variety of educational contexts. The book comprises 17 chapters examining early language learning and teaching in a range of countries in Europe, Asia and North America. Authors discuss main themes in research methodology, curricular and assessment issues, short- and long-term outcomes, the role of individual differences, innovation in teacher education, classroom processes, as well as the impact of the target language. The first two chapters (Nikolov; Edelenbos and Kubanek) overview the main trends in research. Four papers (Curtain;Ofra Inbar-Lourie and Elana Shohamy; Jalkannen; Haenni Hoti, Heinzmann, and Müller) focus on the assessment of young learners; two authors examine how age impacts on language learning over time (Muñoz; Kasai). Individual differences (motivation, anxiety, aptitude, and socio-economic status) are explored byMihaljevi? Djigunovi?, Mattheoudakis and Alexiou, and Kiss. Innovation is the common theme in chapters written by Wang, Moon, and Peng and Zhang. The last three papers analyze the status of languages (Harris, Enever, Carmel). The book is a must have for teacher educators of pre- and in-service teachers of modern languages to young learners, MA and PhD students in TEFL/TESOL and other languages, researchers and policy makers.

Language acquisition --- Second language acquisition. --- Language and languages --- Bilingualism in children. --- Children --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Second language learning --- Age factors in language acquisition --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Age factors. --- Study and teaching. --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Study and teaching --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Applied Linguistics. --- Language Teaching. --- Second Language Acquisition.

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Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide range of geographical and educational contexts around the world. The volume aims to enhance understanding of early language teacher education as well as to address the need to prepare early language teachers and assist them in their professional development. The chapters focus on the complexity of teacher learning, innovations in mentoring and teacher supervision, strategies in programme development and perceptions, and knowledge and assessment in early language learning teacher education. The volume offers comprehensive coverage of the field by addressing various aspects of teacher education in different languages. The contributions highlight examples of research into current practice in the professional enhancement of early language learning teachers, but with an emphasis on the implications for practitioners.

Language acquisition --- Bilingualism in children. --- Language teachers --- Children --- Age factors in language acquisition --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Age factors. --- Training of. --- Language teacher education. --- Teaching young learners. --- early language learning . --- early language learning teacher education. --- early years language teaching . --- professional development. --- teacher education. --- teacher learning. --- teacher mentoring . --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics

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Language disorders in children. --- Speech disorders in children. --- Child development. --- Children --- Language acquisition --- Age factors in language acquisition --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Language development in children --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Language and languages --- Child study --- Development, Child --- Developmental biology --- Communicative disorders in children --- Language. --- Age factors. --- Vocabulary --- Development --- Psycholinguistics