Verbal analytical ability is not a significant predictor of second language success for childhood arrivals¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2000 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Verbal analytical ability was not a significant predictor of success for childhood second language acquisition. → Robert M. DeKeyser 2000

Evidence¶

Robert M. DeKeyser 2000¶

Robert M. DeKeyser. (2000). THE ROBUSTNESS OF CRITICAL PERIOD EFFECTS IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 22, Issue 4. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100004022

q3 · i? · associational · r?

The study of 57 adult Hungarian-speaking immigrants tested whether verbal analytical ability predicted grammaticality judgment success among childhood arrivals. The article reports the ability "will not be a significant predictor ofsuccess for childhood second language acquisition."

"The hypothesisimplies that only adults with a high level of verbal analytical ability will reach near-nativecompetence in their second language, but that this ability will not be a significant predictor ofsuccess for childhood second language acquisition."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Reading and Language — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Very few adult immigrants score within the range of child arrivals on a grammaticality judgment test, and those who do have high verbal analytical ability — related
• The study replicates Johnson and Newport (1989) and explains the apparent exceptions in that study — related
• Prior small-sample critical-period findings were too noisy to provide precise estimates; thousands of subjects are required — related