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Genie: The Feral Child

This hypothesis came from many cases of abused, abandoned or neglected children who never fluently learned a language. One of them being the famous case of Genie.

Students aren't required to take a language class until high school which is after this critical age period.

school system corrections

schools should introduce second language by the first grade. the earlier a language is introduced the better the child will learn.

The Critical Period For Language Acquisition

Essay 4:

By: Jasmyn Best

Second Language Acquisition

Thesis:

One hypothesis many psychologists still argue today is whether puberty, or one’s age, influences acquiring language (the Critical age hypothesis). Looking at the research made by many psychologists and personal experience, it may be true that language learning becomes much more difficult after a certain period during one’s life. With this known, school systems should require students to learn another language sooner in their academic life.

as a toddler or young child we can easily catch on to new language but learning a language after this critical period like as an adult or teenager may be difficult.

Works Cited

Apposing Argument

http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ling201/test4materials/secondlangacquisition.htm

“The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition” John N. Williams

“The Critical Period for Language Acquisition: Evidence from Second Language Learning” Catherine E. Snow and Marian Hoefnagel-Hohle

Some people may argue that age or puberty doesn't have and effect on learning a second language because its just the first language that cause the problems with learning any others. some people might also question why people are still capable of learning a second language after this period

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