Mark S. Patkowski
City University of New York
3 Papers
10 Citations
Mark S. Patkowski is an academic researcher from City University of New York. The author has contributed to research in topics: Language proficiency & Foreign language. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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The sensitive period for the acquisition of syntax in a second language.
TL;DR: The authors found that learners whose exposure to a second language begins before the age of 15 years achieve higher syntactic proficiency in the target language than adult learners, while other independent variables had very little effect.
Basic Skills Tests and Academic Success of ESL College Students
TL;DR: This paper examined the relation between the academic success of ESL students at a large, public, urban college, and their scores at the time of admission on basic skills tests in reading and writing (as well as math).
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Age and Accent in a Second Language: A Reply to James Emil Flege
TL;DR: In this article, a reponse aux arguments portes contre l'hypothese de la periode critique par James Emil Flege dans A critical period for learning to pronounce foreign languages publie dans Applied Linguistics (8/2) is given.