TY - BOOK AU - Christián Abello-Contesse AU - Rubén Chacón-Beltrán AU - Maria Dolores López-Jiménez PY - 2006 CY - Lausanne, Switzerland PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 1424-8689 SN - 9783035102321 TI - Age in L2 Acquisition and Teaching DO - 10.3726/978-3-0351-0232-1 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1043660 N2 - This book comprises eleven contributions dealing with various aspects of age and the age factor in the acquisition and teaching of second languages, particularly English and Spanish. The articles chosen for this monograph have been written by expert researchers in the field from Spain, Great Britain and the USA. The advances put forward in this book will certainly be of interest to researchers, scholars, and graduate students working on this topical issue in the fields of bilingualism, multilingualism, and second language teaching and learning. The book is divided into three parts. Part one deals with theoretical issues related to age and their pedagogical implications. Part two centers on age and L2 learning in school and family settings. Part three focuses on age and the relationship between aptitude and child/adult L2 learning. KW - Fremdsprachenlernen, Lebensalter, Aufsatzsammlung, L2 Acquisition, L2 Teaching, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Language learning age factor LA - English ER -