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in the Language of Teenagers</h1>
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Faculty of Humanities</h2>
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vertical-align: top;">Language acquisition research exhibits a
heavy focus on the early stages of language acquisition in
children growing up with one or more languages, from birth till
around 8 years of age. The bulk of this work studies how
children acquire the vocabulary and grammar of their
language(s), targeting production and comprehension of single
words, or sentences. Of course, language acquisition goes beyond
this to include richer and more complex domains, such as
learning how to produce a coherent narrative. During the teenage
years children acquire more advanced literacy skills: They learn
to write (but also read and understand) longer stretches of
discourse, expository essays and argumentative texts. There is
evidence suggesting that such advanced literacy skills lead to
generally stronger developed skills in information organization,
both in understanding and speaking. In other words, the teenage
years are crucial for the acquisition of more advanced language
and literacy skills, but research has shown that one quarter of
the secondary education student population is at risk of
developing literacy levels that are insufficient to function
adequately in societies that require higher levels of literacy.
The ACLC aims to contribute to resolving this societal
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vertical-align: top;">We invite candidates to submit a
methodologically innovative project proposal that focuses on
language development in the teenage years and cognitive
processes in more complex types of language use and acquisition,
such as developing competence in writing expository essays and
argumentative texts, potentially in relation to factors such as
meta-linguistic development, sociolinguistic aspects of advanced
literacy development, the impact of digital media and blended
learning, etc.</span></p>
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