Beccabouma

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:36, 15 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi beccabouma, glad to see you set up your user page and started your project. Feel free to use my talk page if you want to ask a question.Marentette (talk) 00:21, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

Editing Plan

Okay I checked out the second language acquisition page and I'm not sure if there is much to add, but there is a link in there to the interlanguage page that needs some work. Would you be interested in checking that out as well? CRHeck (talk) 04:41, 28 September 2015 (UTC)

My Plan for SLA Age and Sociocultural Factors

(copied from SLA talk page)

I would like to expand upon the existing information in the Age section of this page.

Some specific information I would like to add is:

• Slightly more information on the Critical Period Hypothesis
• General differences between adult/older child learners and young children
• More detailed information on the differences between initial progress between older and younger learners
• Differences in first and second language proficiency- i.e. Can a second language be stronger than a first?
• The possible influences of Universal Grammar (UG) on age differences
• Nonbiological explanations for age differences.
• Delay or acceleration in language development (children)
• Language attrition related to age (or a new section focused on second-language attrition, if that is better)-- Would this be an appropriate section to add for SLA, since it is more about losing, rather than acquiring, a language? I would appreciate input for this.

Bibliography:

Kohnert, Kathryn (2008). "Primary language impairments in bilingual children and adults." In Altarriba, J.; Heredia, R. R.. An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. New York: Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 295-313. ISBN: 13:978-0-8058-5135-9

Gass, Susan. & Glew, Margo. (2008). Second language acquisition and bilingualism. In Altarriba, J. & Heredia, R. R., An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. pp.265-294. ISBN: 13:978-0-8058-5135-9

Long, Michael. H. (2007). Problems in SLA. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. pp.43-74. ISBN:0-8058-3580-6

Pinter, Annamaria. (2011). Children learning second languages.Research and practice in applied linguistics. Basingstoke, UK: Palsgrave Macmillan: Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. ISBN: 978-1-4039-1185-8

Schrauf, Robert, W. (2008). Bilingualism and aging. In Altarriba, J. & Heredia, R. R., An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. pp. 105-127. ISBN: 13:978-0-8058-5135-9

Nicoladis, Elena. (2008). Bilingualism and language cognitive development. In Altarriba, J. & Heredia, R. R., An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. pp. 167-181. ISBN: 13:978-0-8058-5135-9

Seliger, H. (1989). Deterioration and creativity in childhood bilingualism. In Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Obler, Loraine, K., Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity, and Loss. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. pp. 173-184. ISBN0-521-35225-8.

Sharwood Smith, Michael, A. Crosslinguistic influence in language loss. In Hyltenstam, Kenneth & Obler, Loraine, K., Bilingualism Across the Lifespan: Aspects of Acquisition, Maturity, and Loss. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. pp. 185-201. ISBN0-521-35225-8.

I would also like to add to the Sociocultural Factors section of this page.

Specific information I am interested in adding includes:

• The role of immersion (cultural and school) in acquisition
• The impact of learning two languages in different contexts
• The influence of cultural change or language assimilation in language attrition
• The influence of attitude, motivation, and personality on acquisition (would these be best categorized as sociocultural factors?)-- or perhaps I could expand upon the Affective Factors section?
• Acculturation

Bibliography:

Bialystok, Ellen & Hakuta, Kenji. (1994). In other words: The science and psychology of second-language acquisition. New York, NY: BasicBooks. pp. 124-159. ISBN:0-456-07565-7

Pinter, Annamaria. (2011). Children learning second languages.Research and practice in applied linguistics. Basingstoke, UK: Palsgrave Macmillan: Centre for Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick, UK. ISBN: 978-1-4039-1185-8

Tokowicz, Natasha. (2015). Lexical processing and second language acquisition. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis. pp. 57-74. ISBN: 978-0-415-87755-8

Vega, Luis, A. (2008). Social psychological approaches to bilingualism. In Altarriba, J. & Heredia, R. R., An Introduction to Bilingualism: Principles and Processes. New York: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. pp.185-198. ISBN: 13:978-0-8058-5135-9

Thank you! Beccabouma (talk) 04:31, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Individual Variation

Hey just wondering if you saw the individual variation in second-language acquisition page? Might be able to add there if you want. CRHeck (talk) 02:52, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

(talk) Yeah! Mr. Stradivarius mentioned that, so I might look into it. Thanks! 23.17.136.108 (talk) 15:31, 24 October 2015 (UTC)