Is there a sensitive period in second language learning?

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Erfurt (Philosophische Fakultät - Fachbereich Anglistik), course: Second Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: ‘A tree must be bent while it is young.’ (Proverb) Proverbs usually have an element of truth. The German speakers will certainly also know the Germ...