年优秀毕业论文叶翠关键期假说对中国英语专业学生英语水平的影响研究.doc

闽江学院 本科毕业论文(设计) 题 目A Study on the Influence of Critical Period Hypothesis on the English Level of Chinese English Majors 学生姓名 叶翠 学 号 120080201227 系 别 外语系 年 级 08级 专 业 英语教育 指导教师 林庆英 职 称 讲师 完成日期 2012年5 月 18 日 闽江学院毕业论文（设计）诚信声明书 本人郑重声明： 兹提交的毕业论文（设计）《 A Study on the Influence of Critical Period Hypothesis on the English Level of Chinese English Majors》 Abstract There has been a heated debate among linguists and researchers on the Critical Period Hypothesis and on whether children have absolute advantages over teenagers and adults in second language acquisition. Therefore, this thesis sets out to explore the influence of the Critical Period Hypothesis on the English level of Chinese English majors through the relationship between the English level and the age onset of English learning of English majors. It mainly discusses the following two questions: (1) Whether starting learning English within the critical period will influence the comprehensive English level of English majors? (2) Whether starting learning English within the critical period will influence the oral English skills of English majors? By virtue of a questionnaire survey, 322 subjects were first selected from the juniors and seniors of English majors in Foreign Language Department of Minjiang University. Then the selected subjects were divided into two groups according to the age onset of English learning (elementary school starters, secondary school starters) so as to compare their comprehensive English level and oral English skills. At last, quantitative analyses were employed to interpret the collected statistics. As is shown by the results of the study, there is certain difference between the English level of students who started En