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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku Second Language Acquisition. The effect of Age, Exposure and Motivation
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    This paper explores the effect of age, exposure and motivation on SLA. The study of second language acquisition has been a popular subject for many researchers for centuries. According to many researchers, it has been strongly believed that starting second language acquisition at a young age makes a difference in language learning. Researchers claim that younger language learners are better equipped to learn a new language and are more likely to achieve native-like proficiency in the target language. However, according to several researches this is not entirely true. Research shows that older learners traditionally learn the target language at a faster rate, initially, and according to several researches older learners are able to achieve native-like proficiency level in the target language. Children, however, generally surpass the older learners with time. In a more recent study, motivation seems to play a vital role in the acquisition of a second language, it is important to motivate students to learn the target language, by implementing their interest in the subject for example If young second language learners do not receive enough exposure to the target language, it may affect long term attainment in the target language. Therefore, motivation and exposure play a more important role in the acquisition of second language than age.

Samþykkt: 
  • 12.5.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/18133


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