A Stereotype or a Fact: Females are Better Second Language Learners
Abstract
There are some general perceptions which say that “girls have a better language aptitude.”, or “women are better language learners.” Combining considering the women’s dominant position in the field of language education, it is widely known as common knowledge that females are better language speakers and learners. Some pieces of research hold an idea that females are more excelling in their mother tongue (first language/L1) than males[1]. The scientific community then naturally speculated on a hypothesis, which suggests that female are better language learners in the second language(L2). In order to verify the hypothesis, some studies in Twenty century have investigated the gender differences in the second language acquisition[2][3]. However, the outcomes are either dated or that the number of subjects is sparse.References
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