The talented language learner: some preliminary findings  

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Schneiderman, Eta I.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Second Language Research (Full Text & ada di PROQUEST) vol. 4 no. 2 (Dec. 1988), page 91-109.
Topik: some preliminary findings
Fulltext: E.I. Schneiderman and C. Desmarais.pdf (1.07MB)

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This paper examines a new and essentially unexplored area of research in second language acquisition, that of talent. Talent is distinct from foreign language aptitude (Carroll, 1981)1 and is defined as an exceptional ability to achieve native-like competence in a second language after puberty. It is manifested only by a minority of individuals who, according to some estimates, comprise about 5070 of the adult population (Selinker, 1972; Seliger, Krashen and Ladefoged, 1975). The failure by the majority of adults to achieve native-like competence in a second language has often been contrasted with the relative success of child acquirers. This has led a number of researchers to accept the view that there is a 'critical period' for successful language acquisition (Lenneberg, 1967; Penfield, 1965). This critical period has been variously attributed to factors associated with neural and cognitive maturation (Felix, 1984, 1985; Krashen, 1982; Scovel, 1969, 1977), suggesting that talented learners can be distinguished from untalented learners on the basis of certain neuropsychological criteria. These criteria would in turn make up a neuropsychological substrate for talent in second language learning. The present paper reports on a study which tested a number of hypotheses concerning such a substrate.

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