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1. The document reviews literature on the critical period hypothesis (CPH) which proposes that there is an ideal window for acquiring language, especially for second language acquisition. 2. Studies by Johnson and Newport in 1989 and 1991 found that subjects who learned English before age 7 performed similarly to native speakers, while those arriving after puberty performed much more poorly, supporting the CPH. 3. However, some studies have found evidence against a strict CPH, finding a few cases of adult

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GLORIA ESTEFANI YANTAS ALCANTARA

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