Proficiency Predictors in Sequential Bilinguals: The Proficiency Puzzle (Elements in Second Language Acquisition)

This Element provides an overview of research considering variables deemed to impact bilingual language acquisition, and highlights research outcomes from a variety of disciplines. An exploratory study takes into account these variables and examines the language acquisition of adult Spanish-English bilinguals across a range of domains in their two languages. The results demonstrate that the highly interactive nature of bilingual speakers' languages is in line with a holistic view of the dynamic, interdependent nature of bilingualism as described by usage-based theories and dynamic systems theories, and by the conceptualization of bilingual language from a Dynamic Interactive Processing Perspective.

• | Author: Lynette Austin, Arturo E. Hernandez, John W. Schwieter
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 11, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 96 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Language Arts & Disciplines
• | ISBN-10: 1108725244
• | ISBN-13: 9781108725248