年龄因素对第二语言习得的影响论文

Age Factor in Second Language Aquisition1. Introduction Nowerdays, with the development of socie

AgeFactorinSecondLanguageAquisition 1.Introduction Nowerdays,withthedevelopmentofsocietyandtechnology,oursocietyhasbecome moreopen.People,withdifferentcolors,whocomefromdifferentcountriesandareas communicatewitheachotherinvariouswaysandmethods.Language,ofcourse,isone ofthemostimportanttoolsinourcommunication.Asweallknown,Englishisan internationallanguageinthewholeworld.Accordingly,inourcountry,Englishlearning isverypopularwithnotonlystudents,butalsothechildren,adultsandeventheretired oldman.Andaccordingtomanystudies,ageisoneofthemostimportantindividual factorsaffectingforeignlanguagelearning,whichisconsideredasafocusofapplied linguisticsandpsycholinguistics.Almostallparentsthinkthat"Don'tlettheirown childrenloseatthebeginning."InChina,allthefamiliesbelievethatitisveryimportant forthestudentstolearnEnglishinthechildhood.Andmanyparentsevensendtheir childrentolanguageschoolsatanearlyageinoldertogetahighscore. Inrecentyears,somescholarsinChinasuchasGuiShichun,WangChuming,Dai Manchun,DaiWeidonghaveaheateddiscussionabouttheaffectionofagefactorsin foreignlanguageteachingandlearning.Atthesametime,thegovernmenthavealsopaid moreattentiononEnglishlearning.Nowerdays,manyreseachershavestudiedthefactors suchasintelligence, affectinglanguagelearning,aptitude,personality,motivation,attitudes, earner'spreference,learner'sbeliefsandageofacquisition.ButIjustwanttostudythe influenceofagefactor.IsitgoodenoughforparentstolettheirchildrenlearnEnglish atanearlyage?Dochildrenhaveabsoluteadvantagesoveradolescentsandadultsin secondlanguageacquisition?Whataretherespectiveadvantagesanddisadvantagesof children,adolescentsandadults?Withtheaboveproblemsanalyzed,thisthesisfocuson theinfluenceofagefactorontheSecondLanguageAcquisition. 2.SecondLanguageAcquisition 2.1DefinitinofSecondLanguageAcquisition "Secondlanguageacquisition"referstothesubconsciousorconsciousprocessesby whichalanguageotherthanmothertongueislearntinanaturaloratutoredora classroom;itcoversthedevelopmentofphonology,lexis,grammar,pragmaticsandother knowledge(HuZhuanglin,p.268).Howchildrenacquiretheirnativelanguagesandwhatis