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Download full textTsakonas, Frances – 1990
The controversy over the optimal age for learning a second language is discussed, examining, from the perspective of Piagetian theory: (1) the argument which suggests that children have an advantage in language learning; and (2) the arguments which states that adults have an advantage in language learning. The first part provides an overview of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Children, Foreign Countries
White, Sheldon H. – 1972
This appendix includes seven papers which focus on various aspects of the learning processes of children ages 5-7: (1) S. Thompson, "Transitions to concrete operations: A survey of Piaget's writings" (in outline form); (2) S. H. White, "Changes in learning processes in the late preschool years," an examination of cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Span, Auditory Discrimination, Cognitive Development
