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Publication details [#50408]
Larson-Hall, Jenifer. 2006. What Does More Time Buy You? Another Look at the Effects of Long-Term Residence on Production Accuracy of English / / and / l / by Japanese Speakers. Language and Speech 49 (4) : 521–548.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
SAGE Publications
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study is the first to indicate a decline in English as a second language production proficiency with length of residence and age in older Japanese speaking learners. Not all relevant factors, such as motivation or attitude, were controlled for, however, but the findings suggest that the initial one to two immersion years may be the most important ones for increasing phonological ability.