1. Age related advantages(BAF project)
1.1. Older learners are moreefficent, due totheir superior cognitive decelopment.
2. Period Hypothesis(CPH)
2.1. Children learn languages corresponds to naturalistic language learning.
2.1.1. “... between the ages of 6-7 and 16-17, everybody loses the mental equipment required for the implicit induction of the abstract patterns underlying a human language...”
3. Factors that can influence language learning.
3.1. Biological, Motivation, age and learning enviroment.
4. Learn L2
4.1. Younger Starters
4.1.1. The younger starters are slow at first stages of the process of L2 acquisition.
4.1.2. In the long term attain a superior proficiency level.
4.2. Older Starters
4.2.1. The older starters advance faster in the first stages of the process of L2 acquisition.
4.2.2. In the long term attain a good proficiency level.
5. Settings
5.1. Natural
5.1.1. Children usually learn their two languages in the family or in the environment.
5.1.2. It is easier learn a Second Language.
5.1.3. Your accent can be like that of a native speaker.
5.2. Instructed
5.2.1. It is limited to 2-4 sessions of approximately 50 minutes per week.
5.2.2. You learn slower.
5.2.3. Your second language will be good.