THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING IN TWO DIFFERENT AGES (CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13896549Keywords:
Language acquisition, adolescent, childhood, maturity, lexical diversity, immersion, accent, language awareness.Abstract
This thesis shows that the age is an essential factor that influences language learning. The differences on language acquisition and ultimate proficiency in childhood and adolescent period are studied exploring some scholars’ research works.
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