Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part 1: Theoretical Issues
5. 1. Critical Period or General Age Factor(s)? 3
6. 2. Phonological Acquisition in Multilingualism 23
7. 3. Know Your Grammar: What the Knowledge of Syntax and Morphology in an L2 Reveals about the Critical Period for Second/foreign Language Acquisition 59
8. Part 2: Fieldwork in Bilingual Communities
9. 4. The Influence of Age on the Acquisition of English: General Proficiency, Attitudes and Code Mixing 77
10. 5. Age, Length of Exposure and Grammaticality Judgements in the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language 94
11. 6. English FL Sounds in School Learners of Different Ages 115
12. 7. Maturational Constraints on Foreign-language Written Production 136
13. 8. Variation in Oral Skills Development and Age of Onset 161
14. 9. Learner Strategies: A Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Study of Primary and High-school EFL Teachers 182