外语学习能力的实质:认识与再认识——以二语习得研究为视角

Nature of Foreign Language Aptitude: Past and Current Views ——A Study on Second Language Acquisition

本文根据有关外语学习能力的研究结果,分析和讨论了早期和当今人们对外语学习能力实质认识上的发展。主要内容有:外语学习能力是单因还是多因概念;外语学习能力是先天的、固定不变的,还是动态的、可培养的;外语学习能力和外语学习动机、智力、年龄等学习者因素的关系。

By referring to the research findings on foreign language aptitude, this paper discusses the past and current views on the nature of language aptitude. The major points are: whether language aptitude is a single factor or multifactor construct; whether it is innate and fixed or dynamic and trainable; how it is related to such learner factors as motivation, intelligence and age.