The anecdotal view of language acquisition is that children learn
language with apparent ease, no instruction and in very little
time, while adults find learning a new language to be cognitively
challenging, labour intensive and time-consuming. In this book
Herschensohn examines whether early childhood is a critical period
for language acquisition after which individuals cannot learn a
language as native speakers. She argues that a first language is
largely susceptible to age constraints, showing major deficits past
the age of twelve. Second language acquisition also shows age
effects, but with a range of individual differences. The competence
of expert adult learners, the unequal achievements of child
learners of second languages, and the lack of consistent evidence
for a maturational cut-off, all cast doubt on a critical period for
second language acquisition.
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