二语习得中的年龄因素应用论文.docVIP

. .. A?g?e? ?F?a?c?t?o?r?? ?in S?e?c?o?n?d? ?L?a?n?g?u?a?g?e? ?Acquisition 二语习得中的年龄因素 摘要：本文主要讨论了年龄因素与学习第二语言之间的关系，研究了年龄因素是如何影响二语习得的，以及不同年龄阶段的学习者都各自具有哪些优势。 关键词 : 二语习得；年龄；关键期；优势 Abstract: This paper discusses the relationship between age and second language acquisition and explores how age factor affects second language acquisition, and what advantages the learners of different age stage will have. Key words: second language acquisition; age; critical period; advantages Introduction As we all know, age is a factor that will influence the effect of a learner’s second language acquisition. Children, unlike adults, have enough ability for learning language with great easy and minimal effort. This idea that early age is a major factor in second language acquisition is a widely held and popular belief by people all over the world, especially by Chinese parents. But whether the age is the major factor in second language acquisition, we will discuss it in this paper. The reasons Why the age factor can affects second language acquisition? There are two main points here. 1.1 The brain The evidence shows that the two sides of the brain are divided into different functions as it becomes mature. The laterality of the left brain includes the functions of intelligence, logic, analysis while the right brain, the emotion social function. Human being’s speech function main in the left brain. It is claimed that this kind of development is a slow process and it begins at age two until adolescence by Eric Lenneberg at 1967. The “brain plasticity” hypothesis is a striking early learning language theory advanced in 1959 by the neurophysiologist Dr.Wilder Penfield from McGill University. According to this hypothesis, the brain of a child was flexible and adaptable. If part of the brain was impaired then another part would take over its functions. Such flexibility in brain functionality was not believed to exist in older persons. Therefore, the development is one of the main points that