Intro To ID Variables And Age

Question 1

ID variables (5)

Answer 1

Age
Aptitude
Attitude
Motivation
Personality

Question 2

Difficulties in observing role of IDs in SLA (3]

Answer 2

Not possible to directly observe aptitude, motivation , etc (not quantifiable, can’t be measured)
Defining. 2nd language proficiency
Do the variables remain the same throughout learning history? (Evolve over time?)

Question 3

Proposed start and end of the critical period

Answer 3

Start approx age 2
End approx 13 yrs (puberty) or approx 9 yrs or approx 6 yrs or younger

Question 4

What is perceivable nonnativeness?

Answer 4

Those with near native speaker abilities are difficult to distinguish from true native speaker abilities

Question 5

Most common AO effects (4)

Answer 5

Phonetic errors
morph. Errors
Uncertain grammatical judgement
Processing speed