This symposium will focus on the question of the extent to which age and ageing influence the manner in which additional languages are learned and the level of L2 proficiency which can be attained on the basis of different starting ages. These questions will be addressed in an across-the-lifespan perspective, starting with presentations of research and insights relating to L2 acquisition in childhood, going on to deal with the controversy regarding the role and effects of the so-called "critical age" as well as of evidence emerging from early L2 instruction, examining findings with respect to L2 learnind In young and mature adulthood, and concluding with a look what has been coming out of the swathe of recent work on "third age" language learning. Our featured speaker will be David Birdsong, who has long professed scepticism with regard to the Critical Period Hypothesis, and whose view is that no L2 user can ever perform in his/her additional language exactly like a monolingual native speaker because of the effects of multi-competence.
Programme:
This symposium will focus on the question of the extent to which age and ageing influence the manner in which additional languages are learned and the level of L2 proficiency which can be attained on the basis of different starting ages. These questions will be addressed in an across-the-lifespan perspective, starting with presentations of research and insights relating to L2 acquisition in childhood, going on to deal with the controversy regarding the role and effects of the so-called "critical age" as well as of evidence emerging from early L2 instruction, examining findings with respect to L2 learnind In young and mature adulthood, and concluding with a look what has been coming out of the swathe of recent work on "third age" language learning. Our featured speaker will be David Birdsong, who has long professed scepticism with regard to the Critical Period Hypothesis, and whose view is that no L2 user can ever perform in his/her additional language exactly like a monolingual native speaker because of the effects of multi-competence.
Programme:
14:30 – 14:40 Welcome and introduction of featured speaker14:40 – 15:10 Featured presentation David Birdsong 15:10 – 15:20 Q&A (David Birdsong's paper)15:20 – 15:40 Annick De Houwer15:40 – 16:00 Karoliina Inha 16:00 – 16:10 Q&A (De Houwer's and Inha's papers)16:10 – 16:30 Coffee break16:30 – 16:50 Christine Pleines16:50 – 17:10 Dorota Matsumoto17:10 – 17:20 Q&A (Pleines' and Matsumoto's papers)17:20 – 17:30 Poster pitch 1: Ramses Ortin 17:30 – 17:40 Poster pitch 2: Natalia Durus 17:40 – 17:50 Mini break17:50 – 18:15 Live session, General discussions and Q&A18:15 – 19:00 Informal drinks and opportunity to connect Room 1 AILA 2021 aila2021@gcb.nl
Annick De Houwer
Karoliina Inha
Ari Huhta
Karita Mård-Miettinen
Christine Pleines
Dorota Záborská
Ramsés Ortín
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