Age and Second Language Acquisition in Adulthood: The Learning Experiences and Perceptions of Women Immigrants
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Although considerable evidence indicates that age of onset for second language acquisition is related to second-language proficiency outcomes among adult learnersJew studies have actually looked at how adult learners ofdifferent ages experience and perceive second language acquisition. This study presents 30 women immigrant learners' accounts of their experiences and perceptions of learning English as a second language in the Canadian context. Findings from this study reveal the complexity of adult L2 acquisition, which involves factors pertaining not only to the learners themselves, but also to the social context in which the second language is learned. Implications ofthesefindings are discussed in relation to the second language curriculum development and classroom practice.
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