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1. Which lists of studies support the critical period?

  • Johnson & Newport (1989), Abrahamson (2012) , White & Genessee (1996)
  • Johnson & Newport (1989), Abrahamson (2012), DeKayser (2000)
  • Johnson & Newport (1989), Birdsong & Malis (2001), Abrahamson (2012)
  • Johnson & Newport (1989), Hakuta et al (2003), DeKayser (2000)
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2. What did Abrahamson (2012) study find?

  • only early learners of L2 (1-6yrs) showed signs of developing morph-syntactic & semantic aspects simultaneously
  • only early learners of L2 (1-6yrs) showed signs of developing morph-syntactic & phonetic aspects simultaneously
  • only late learners of L2 (16+ yrs) showed signs of developing morph-syntactic & phonetic aspects simultaneously
  • only late learners of L2 (16+ yrs) showed signs of developing morph-syntactic & semantic aspects simultaneously

3. What did a number of studies suggest?

  • for evidence against a critical period in L2, a native-like speaker in most languages needs to be found
  • for evidence supporting a critical period in L2, a native-like speaker in most languages needs to be found
  • for evidence against a critical period in L2, a native-like speaker in all languages needs to be found
  • for evidence supporting a critical period in L2, a native-like speaker in all languages needs to be found

4. What participants did Hakuta et al (2003) use?

  • 2 million + from 2000 census data. L1 = French or Chinese
  • 2 million + from 1990 census data. L1 = Spanish or Chinese
  • 2 million + from 1990 census data. L1 = French or Chinese
  • 2 million + from 2000 census data. L1 = Spanish or Chinese

5. What did White & Genessee (1996) study find?

  • significant evidence for maturational decline
  • no evidence for maturational decline
  • slight evidence for maturational decline
  • evidence for maturational decline

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