Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ350978
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Age Contrasts in the Learning of Language-Relevant Materials: Some Challenges to Critical Period Hypotheses.
Morris, Beth S. K.; Gerstman, Louis J.
Language Learning, v36 n3 p311-52 Sep 1986
Measures of retention of a Hawaiian lesson given to fourth, seventh, eighth, and eleventh-graders (N=182) indicated that fourth-graders had poorer retention than the other students, while seventh and eighth-graders exceeded eleventh-graders on some tasks, suggesting that second language learning capacity cannot be defined in terms of age alone. The Hawaiian lessons used in the study are appended. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 11, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 8, Hawaiian, Language Attitudes, Language Skill Attrition, Preadolescents, Reading Achievement, Retention (Psychology), Second Language Learning, Secondary Education, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A
