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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Phon. 2011 Jan 1;39(1):1–17. doi: 10.1016/j.wocn.2010.10.006

Table 1.

Range, mean, and standard deviation (in parentheses) of 1) the age at which participants began their formal study of English, 2) the number of years they had formally studied English, and 3) the number of months they had spent in English speaking countries, grouped by native language.

Age when formal English study began Years of formal English study Months in English-speaking country
Korean 10–14, mean=12.5 (1.2) 4–17, mean=8.3 (3.3) 1–60, mean=19 (17.6)
Chinese 9–16, mean=11.5 (1.6) 4–17, mean=10.7 (3.1) 1–132, mean=12.9 (30.6)