On the Optimum Age for Teaching Foreign Vocabulary to Children.

Yamada, Jun

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On the Optimum Age for Teaching Foreign Vocabulary to Children.

Yamada, Jun

International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, v18 n3 p245-47 Aug 1980

Japanese elementary school children were administered a series of trials in a paired-associate learning paradigm. It was shown that younger children learn foreign words faster than older children. (JB)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Language Research, Learning Readiness, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary

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