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2. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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   Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language.In other words, it is how human beings gain the ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.

3. Second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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   Adults who learn a second language differ from children learning their first language in at least three ways: children are still developing their brains whereas adults have mature minds, and adults have at least a first language that orients their thinking and speaking. Although some adult second-language learners reach very high levels of ...

4. How do multilingual students learn to speak English ... - AOL

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   Part of the training that Bowman-Jeffries underwent to attain her certification to teach English as a second language included learning the sounds and basic phonics of different languages.

5. Critical period hypothesis - Wikipedia

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   The theory has often been extended to a critical period for second-language acquisition (SLA). David Singleton states that in learning a second language, "younger = better in the long run", but points out that there are many exceptions, noting that five percent of adult bilinguals master a second language even though they begin learning it when they are well into adulthood—long after any ...

6. Language education - Wikipedia

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   In the majority of English-speaking education centers, French, Spanish, and German are the most popular languages to study and learn. English as a Second Language (ESL) is also available for students whose first language is not English and they are unable to speak it to the required standard. [citation needed]

7. Theories of second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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   Adult learners are believed to have lost access to UG, which explains the persistent errors and slower progress often observed in L2 learning compared to L1 acquisition. Support for the FDH comes from studies showing qualitative differences between child and adult language learning, particularly in areas such as syntax and morphology.