Second Language Acquisition

I interviewed my friend, James. He learned English later in life after living in Germany for the first few years of his life. He is extremely adverse to being videoed, so his face is not shown. Please click the link below to watch the interview. Interview Reflection             After interviewing James, it is clear that his linguistic journey is unique. Listening to his journey made me think of what Ortega said: “Sometimes, however, the individuals learning an additional language are still young children when they start acquiring the L2, maybe as young as three or four years old (remember by this age most of the essential pieces of their mother tongue may already be in place)” (Ortega, 2011). James said that he spoke German for his first four years of life. However, I wonder if the “essential pieces of [his] mother tongue” were in place or not. Ortega also says this about early second language acquisition, “Thus, ...