Age and Foreign Language Learning in School

Lambelet, Amelia; Berthele, Raphael

ISBN 10: 1137525894 / ISBN 13: 9781137525895

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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This book discusses the empirical studies on how biological age influences foreign language learning in school. It provides a succinct overview of a complex field for both experts and researchers interested in the teaching and learning of foreign languages. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CJA; EBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312. . 2015. 2015th Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Age and Foreign Language Learning in School
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137525894
• ISBN 13: 9781137525895
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book discusses the empirical studies on how biological age influences foreign language learning in school. It provides a succinct overview of a complex field for both experts and researchers interested in the teaching and learning of foreign languages.

About the Author

Amelia Lambelet is a Research Manager at the Institute of Multilingualism, University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her current research expertise concerns mainly foreign/ second language learning at school and within extra-curricula activities with a particular focus on transfers, receptive multilingualism, individual factors having an impact on language learning and the age factor in relation to L2 learning.

Raphael Berthele is Professor in Multilingualism at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He directs the MA programme in Multilingualism studies and co-founded the Fribourg Institute of Multilingualism in 2008. His research interests cover different areas from cognitive to social aspects of multilingualism. During the last years he has been focusing on the empirical investigation of receptive multilingualism and on convergence phenomena in the semantic and syntactic patterns in linguistic reference to space in multilinguals.