Heather Marsden's guest appearances

Heather Marsden

Masters of TESOL

Scott Thornbury

Jennifer Jenkins

Thomas Farrell

Jon Campbell-Larsen

Eytan Zweig

Justin McKibben

Andrew Euan MacFarlane

Tamar Keren-Portnoy

Marilyn Vihman

Martin Dewey

Ahmar Mahboob

Dorothy Chun

Tom Randolph

Roger Fusselman

Oksana Kharley

OwlTail

http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/11_-_Too_old_to_learn__The_Critical_Period_-_Heather_Marsden.mp3 This episode, I speak to University of York’s Heather Marsden about the controversial Critical Period hypothesis. This theory suggests that there is a limited age at which we can learn a second language, after which it grows increasingly difficult. Anecdotally, we assume this to be true – kids are sponges for language while older people struggle – but what does the research say about this? This episode is simply a bite-sized introduction to a much larger topic, so I encourage you to search around for other perspectives on this subject. Heather Marsden @ University of York Follow me on @MOTcast Now on Instagram! Noob glossary: L1 – first/native language L2 – second language input – any exposure to the L2 interference – where the L1 grammar, vocab or pronunciation affects or negatively influences L2 production

<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/11_-_Too_old_to_learn__The_Critical_Period_-_Heather_Marsden.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://traffic.libsyn.com/mastersoftesol/11_-_Too_old_to_learn__The_Critical_Period_-_Heather_Marsden.mp3</a> This episode, I speak to University of York’s Heather Marsden about the controversial Critical Period hypothesis. This theory suggests that there is a limited age at which we can learn a second language, after which it grows increasingly difficult. Anecdotally, we assume this to be true – kids are sponges for language while older people struggle – but what does the research say about this? This episode is simply a bite-sized introduction to a much larger topic, so I encourage you to search around for other perspectives on this subject. <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/language/people/academic-research/heather-marsden/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heather Marsden</a> @ University of York Follow me on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/MOTcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@MOTcast</a> Now on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/mastersoftesol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! Noob glossary: L1 – first/native language L2 – second language input – any exposure to the L2 interference – where the L1 grammar, vocab or pronunciation affects or negatively influences L2 production

11 – Too old to learn? The Critical Period – Heather Marsden