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Amer Al Kafri is a researcher in second language acquisition, and he holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Newcastle University, UK (2013); an MA in Applied Linguistics from University of Essex, UK (2008); a Higher Diploma in Linguistics from Damascus University, Syria (2005); and a BA in English Language and Literature from Damascus University, Syria (2004). Amer worked as an Assistant Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at Al-Furat University in Syria, before being granted a scholarship to study an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics in the UK. He is a member of the British Association of Applied Linguistics and the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquèe. His main research interest is generative grammar and child/adult L2 learners' similarities and differences in second language acquisition., Amer Al Kafri is a researcher in second language acquisition, and he holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Newcastle University, UK (2013); an MA in Applied Linguistics from University of Essex, UK (2008); a Higher Diploma in Linguistics from Damascus University, Syria (2005); and a BA in English Language and Literature from Damascus University, Syria (2004). Amer worked as an Assistant Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics at Al-Furat University in Syria, before being granted a scholarship to study an MA and a PhD in Applied Linguistics in the UK. He is a member of the British Association of Applied Linguistics and the Association Internationale de Linguistique Applique. His main research interest is generative grammar and child/adult L2 learners' similarities and differences in second language acquisition.