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Of these, twenty were of different first languages learning Hungarian and thirteen were of Hungarian as first language learning English." (P 8).
Based on this argument, age is not only the intrinsic factor that influences language acquisition. Typically, educational and maturational factors contribute to the language acquisition. With this claim, there could be a new hypothesis that reveal young= better and adult =better. Singleton (2005) conclusion on CPH is that
"Critical Period Hypothesis is misleading, since there is a vast amount of variation in the way in which the critical period for language acquisition is understood -- affecting all the parameters deemed to be theoretically significant and indeed also relating to the ways in which the purported critical period is interpreted in terms of its implications for L2 instruction."(P 269).
Conclusion
The study summarizes a research paper titled "The Critical Period Hypothesis: A coat of many colors" (Singleton, 2005). The author reviews several studies of the early supporters of CPH who believe that children have the capability to acquire new language than adults. However, children who learn language after the puberty cannot acquire native speaker competence and proficiency. However, modern scholars have revealed that there are fallacies in CPH because researches have revealed that young adults could also develop native speaker competence. Typically, young children are able to acquire language quickly more than adults because they are being motivated than adults...
The attributes are contextual rather than biological.
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Hyltenstam, K & Abrahamsson, N. (2003). Maturational constraints in SLA. In the
Handbook of Second Language Acquisition, Catherine Doughty and Michael H. Long (eds.),
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Johnston, R. (2002). Addressing the age factor: Some Implication for Language policy: University of Stirling, Scotland
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