Language Attrition of EFL Learners in Chinese Context 汉语言环境下英语学习者的语言磨蚀研究.doc

河南理工大学万方科技学院 2013 届本科毕业论文 Language Attrition of EFL Learners in Chinese Context 汉语言环境下英语学习者的语言磨蚀研究 论文作者姓名： 所 在 院 系：_ 人文与社会科学系_ 所 学 专 业： 英 语 导师姓名职称： 论文完成时间： 2013年6月 Language Attrition of EFL Learners in Chinese Context Contents Abstract in English i Abstract in Chinese ii Ⅰ. Introduction 1 Ⅱ. Language Attrition 2 2.1 Definition of Language Attrition 2 2.2 Theoretical Framework of Language Attrition 2 2.2.1 Inverse Hypothesis 3 2.2.2 Critical Threshold Hypothesis 3 2.3 Present Research on Language Attrition 3 2.3.1 Research Abroad 3 2.3.2 Research at Home 4 Ⅲ. Different Types of Language Attrition 5 Ⅳ. Factors Affecting EFL Learners’ Attrition in Chinese Context 6 4.1Students English Level is Different to Achieve the Anti-attrition “critical threshold ” 6 4.2 Insufficient Following up English education of students’ leads to a more rapid attrition 6 4.3 Students English learning progress is slow so that the coexistence of learning and attrition 7 4.4 Students English Acquisition is prone to attrition 7 Ⅴ. Strategies to Prevent Foreign Language Attrition 8 5.1 English Teaching 9 5.1.1 Reforming EFL Teaching Mode 9 5.1.2 Implementing Longlife English Education 9 5.1.3 Improving EFL Learners’ Learning Environment 10 5.2 English Learning 10 5.2.1 Cultivating Positive Emotion 10 5.2.2 Improving Study Manner 11 5.2.3 Reinforcing Cultural Accomplishment 11 Ⅵ. Conclusion 11 Bibliography 13 Abstract in English Language attrition was first formally recognized as a field of academic research at the conference on the Attrition of Language Skills at the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. The study of language attrition provides a new perspective for the study of language acquisition. The attrition research published in English has covered a wide spectrum of languages; these researches are mainly taken in European and American context. However, compared with its popularity abroad, language attrition receives little a