二语习得中的年龄因素研究英语语言文学英语语言学专业论文.docxVIP

小学英语教学，不宜提倡在幼儿中开展英语教学。教育者和政策制 小学英语教学，不宜提倡在幼儿中开展英语教学。教育者和政策制 订者应根据儿童、少年和成人各自的特点，有目的、有针对性地制 定相应的政策并采取适当、有效的方法，以提高不同年龄学习者的 外语学习水平。 作者希望通过本文为今后有关年龄问题的研究提供一个不同的 视角，即研究的重点不在于找寻学习外语的最佳年龄，而在于了解 不同年龄的人学习外语的特点，扬其所长，避其所短。同时，作者 也希望这样的研究能对我国外语教学、外语学习以及外语政策的制 定带来一些有益的启示。 关键词：二语习得；临界期假说；年龄因素 AbstractA2e Abstract A2e difrerences in the process of foreign language leammg are obvious．According to many studies，age is one of the most importam apparent individual factors affecting foreign language leammg·lt ls not onlV a hot issue in applied linguistics and psycholinguistics but also a focus conceming such subj ects as pedagogypsychology a11d physiology． Therefore，the research in this fleld is of great significance both in the educational p01icy—mabng and cuHiculum—plaming of foreigll language in China． There is a widely—held belief that children generally do better than adults in second language 1eaming．This is supported by Lenneberg’s Critical Period}Iypothesis(1 967)，according to which there is a penod when lallguage acquisition takes pIace naturally and effortlessly’and aRer which it is not possible to be completely successml．Pen丘eld and Roberts(1 959)argued that the optimum age for language acqulsltlon falls within the first ten years of life．During mis period the brain retams its plasticity，but with the onset of puberty this plasticity begins to dis印pear． However’ there is a heated debate among the 1inguists and researchers on the Critical Period Hypothesis．The controVersy centers on whether children have absolute adVantages oVer adults m second thelr language le锄ing．They present their o、)m．Views and t巧to suppoIrt views in experiments． In the author’s opinioIl， the Critical Period Hypomesis ls too Vle、Vpomts：1．The Vle、Vpomts： 1．The CPH cannot plausibly be regarded as a scientific hypothesis． Children，adolescents and adults have their respectiVe adVantages and disadvantages in L2 leaming．Children don’t haVe absolute adVantages over adults．The so—called optimal age doesn’t exis