Former employee - Department of Language and Communication
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language variation, second language acquisition, language assessment
Publications
Key publications
van der Slik, Frans & van Hout, Roeland (2025). Linguistic distance effects on country TOEFL scores between 2005 and 2020 and the effect of morphological distance in particular, Second Language ResearchFull text
van Hout, R.W.N.M. & van der Slik, F.W.P. (2024). The economics of L2 English. Evidence from 2.0 mln subjects suggests an economics of language framework to account for country differences in L2 English proficiency. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 3918-3936Full text
Schepens, J., van der Slik, F., & van Hout, R. (2023). Linguistic dissimilarity increases age-related decline in adult language learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 45, 167-188.
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Slik, F. van der, J. Schepens, T. Bongaerts, & R. van Hout. (2022). Critical period claim revisited: Re-analysis of Hartshorne, Tenenbaum, and Pinker (2018) suggests steady decline and learner-type differences. Language Learning, 72(1), 87-112.
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