There is widespread consensus among scholars that second language
acquisition (SLA) emerged as a distinct field of research from the late 1950s to early 1960s.
There is a high level of agreement that the following questions(1)
have possessed the most attention of researchers in this area:(2)
Is it possible to acquire an additional language in the
same sense one acquires a first language?(3)
What is the explanation for the fact adults have(4)
more difficulty in acquiring additional languages than