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Age and Second Language Learnig.
The influence of the first language on the second
By: Sara Canal Dí[email protected]
Age and Second Language Learning
The Critical Period Hypothesis
The Children can learn a second language much better that young children or adults.
Why do the hypothetics theory think about it?Because Children´s brain is more receptive.
The Influence of the First Language on the Second
Competition Model of Linguistic Performance.
meaning is organises in a diferent way each language
E.g: The word order in English is strict. We use the pattern: Subject, Verb, Object.. Which can´t be broken.
In latin languages, like Spanish or Italian, interaction adverbs o verbs declension are more important.
When we are children, we try to pay attention to particular clues for see useful information.
We use some strategies of our first language with the purpose to try to understand the second language.
