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四川师范大学学报(社会科学版)
儿童有习得外语或二语的潜能,最突出的是儿童能
够习得具有目的语母语者一样的发音;青少年拥有
较好的模仿能力、记忆力和敏感的超语言意识;而成
人的记忆能力特别强,也很容易注意到语言的形式
特征。 我们可以期待儿童在玩中习得更多的外语,
然而对成人而言,我们可以适度地使用抽象思维能
力进行外语或二语学习。 语言教师应当对所有因素
进行考虑,并采取相应的教学方法。
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Discussion About Foreign Language Learning⁃Starting Age
JIN Dai⁃lai
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Foreign Languages Institute, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610068, China)
Abstract:There exist remarkable physiological, psychological and cognitive disparities among lan⁃
guage learners of different age groups, of which children, adolescents and adults have respective advanta⁃
ges in foreign language or second language learning. Children are endowed with language acquisition po⁃
tential, of which the most salient is that they can acquire the accent similar to that of target⁃language n⁃
atives; adolescents enjoy good imitation ability, memory and sensitive meta⁃language consciousness,
while adults have a greater memory capacity and are also able to focus more easily on the purely formal
features of language. We can expect children to acquire much of a foreign language through play, whereas
for adults we can reasonably expect a greater use of abstract thinking. Language teachers should take
these factors into account and adopt correspondent teaching methods.
Key words:LAD; critical period hypothesis; learning age;learning⁃starting age; number of expo⁃
sure years; ESL/ EFL
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