Research on Both First- and Second-Language Learning Reveals

question 75

Multiple Choice

Research on both first- and second-language learning reveals

• A) a biologically based timeframe for optimum language development.
• B) that second-language processing is more lateralized in younger than in older learners.
• C) that language development is optimal after brain lateralization has occurred.
• D) that the right hemisphere of the brain is biased for language processing.

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