eaders can judge for themselves whether the items are sufficiently diverse.
Hmm...we are probably not more qualified than you for this.
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- Oct 2025
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pilot-testing
crucial!
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the diversity of items should help wash out these differences
curious to hear more about this...balance across all languages is a big ask
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Monolinguals (N = 246,497)
over 1/3 of participants
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Non-immersion learners (N = 266,701)
over 1/3 of participants
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English were Finnish (N = 39,962), Turkish (N = 36,239), German (N = 24,995), Russian (N = 22,834), and Hungarian (N = 22,108)
Personally a little surprised to not see Spanish, with it being a US-origin survey
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represents a conspicuous immaturity in the context of language
Really low margin for error in coordination movements as much as in language
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Learning ability vs. ultimate attainment
Crucial distinguishment - my project and this involve learning over months and years, not minutes and hours
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preserved almost to the crux of adulthood (17.4 years old) and then declines steadily
"critical period" ends at 18ish? but how long to learn...peak performance may decrease well before
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second language acquisition
small scope, but not a bad starting point for research
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dataset of unprecedented size (669,498 native and non-native English speakers)
huge draw to this paper
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