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silent period: a standalone construct

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Second language acquisition

an initial stage in which young second language learners speak little or not at all in the new language while building up comprehension.

In second language acquisition, silent period refers to an initial stage in which young second language learners speak little or not at all in the new language while building up comprehension. This meaning comes from Saville-Troike (1988) in Journal of Child Language.[1]

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acquisition4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs comprehension2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs period1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Saville-Troike, M. (1988). Private speech: evidence for second language learning strategies during the ‘silent’ period. Journal of Child Language, 15(3), 567-590. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305000900012575

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