Nature

Re-examining second language acquisition of English reflexives: new evidence for lexical learning driven process and against first language Transfer

‘John i told Tom that Peter trusts himself/him i.’ For L2 learners, determining which antecedent(s) a reflexive can refer to in a sentence is subtle and cannot be directly deduced from language input.
Medical Xpress

Learning a second language helps maintain a socially healthy brain in old age, finds study

There is evidence that learning and using a second language results in structural and functional changes in the bilingual brain. The research team hypothesized that acquiring a second language early ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Educating Language-Minority Children

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...
Nature

Chain-mediated effect of physical activity between Chinese language-based L2 motivational self-system and intended effort

Since the 1970s, learning motivation has gradually become one of the focal points of second/foreign language learning research. The social-educational model (SEM) proposed by scholar Robert Gardner, ...