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1	L’influence de l’âge de début d’acquisition et de l’input linguistique sur l’apprentissage du FLE : Une étude empirique d’étudiants suédois du lycée et de l’université au niveau A2 / The influence of starting age and linguistic input on the acquisition of FFL : An empirical study of Swedish high school and university students at level A2 Öberg, Elin January 2021 (has links) In the light of recent findings regarding age and cumulative language exposure in the domain of Second Language Acquisition, the present study examines how starting age and linguistic input influences Swedish learners of French in a formal instructional setting. In contrast to natural settings, research suggests that a younger starting age in formal settings does not result in more advanced long-term competences in the target language. For the benefits associated with a younger age to be triggered, significant amounts of rich linguistic input need to be obtained by the learner on a daily basis. To test the validity of these findings, two groups with different starting ages were asked to fill in a questionnaire about their age and language contact as well as to perform a grammar and vocabulary test. A correlation analysis showed that an older starting age did in fact have a statistically significant relationship with higher test results and that the participants who reported having more frequent self-regulatory habits of studying French also performed better than the ones with little to no extracurricular exposure. However, a regression analysis did not manage to confirm these correlations and did instead find that other variables such as motivation and which group the participants belonged to have a much stronger significance than mere starting age and the amount of received input. SLA French L2 starting age input level A2 formal setting grammar vocabulary Pearson r coefficient multiple regression analysis ALS français L2 âge de début d'acquisition input niveau A2 environnement formel grammaire vocabulaire coefficient r de Pearson analyse de régression multiple Specific Languages Studier av enskilda språk

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