The Gender Gap in Second Language Acquisition: Gender Differences in the Acquisition of Dutch among Immigrants from 88 Countries with 49 Mother Tongues

Frans W. P. van der Slik; Roeland W. N. M. van Hout; Job J. Schepens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142056

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The Gender Gap in Second Language Acquisition: Gender Differences in the Acquisition of Dutch among Immigrants from 88 Countries with 49 Mother Tongues

Frans W. P. van der Slik ,

* E-mail: f.v.d.slik@let.ru.nl

Affiliation Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Roeland W. N. M. van Hout,

Affiliation Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Job J. Schepens

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
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The Gender Gap in Second Language Acquisition: Gender Differences in the Acquisition of Dutch among Immigrants from 88 Countries with 49 Mother Tongues

Frans W. P. van der Slik,
Roeland W. N. M. van Hout,
Job J. Schepens

Published: November 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142056

About the Authors

Frans W. P. van der Slik

* E-mail: f.v.d.slik@let.ru.nl

Affiliation Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Roeland W. N. M. van Hout

Affiliation Department of Linguistics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Job J. Schepens

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FVDS RWNMVH JJS. Performed the experiments: FVDS RWNMVH JJS. Analyzed the data: FVDS RWNMVH JJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FVDS RWNMVH JJS. Wrote the paper: FVDS RWNMVH JJS.

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