EFFECT OF CRITICAL PERIOD ON SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISATION

Authors

  • Shakhnoza Turaeva Tashkent State University of Uzbek language and Literature named after Alisher Navai Uzbekistan, Tashkent

Keywords:

Critical age hypothesis, puberty, second language acquisition, language learning ability, L2 instructor, linguistic skills, in-class activities, out-of-class activities.

Abstract

This article is argues about the effect of critical period to the learners second language acquisition.  In the article by considering the theory of Critical age hypothesis, related hypothesis are discussed and collected data support the ideas of founders of CPH theory (Lenneberg, Penfield, Johnson) that language is learned well in specific period of human’s life as the hemispheres of the brain that promotes language learning ability function appropriately until puberty period which begins approximately from the age of two and continues till thirteen

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Published

2023-11-15

How to Cite

Turaeva, S. (2023). EFFECT OF CRITICAL PERIOD ON SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISATION. Innovative Development in Educational Activities, 2(21), 139–145. Retrieved from https://openidea.uz/index.php/idea/article/view/1797