中国儿童早期外语教育的几点思考

On Children's Early English Education in China

神经心理学的研究表明,语言的习得有其临界期,而第二语言习得的临界期问题一直未得到证实。认知心理学的研究也表明,语言对认知发展既有促进又有阻碍作用。而在中国,英语作为外语,缺乏真实的语用环境。这无疑会对儿童的英语习得造成障碍。因此,中国儿童的早期英语教育问题应从中国的国情出发,以促进儿童全面发展为目标,合理安排,不能提倡越早越好。

Many people hold the opinion that English learning helps to develop children＇ s intelligence, that the earlier to learn English, the better, This article disputed it according to the theories of some related subjects, also taking Chinese existing English learning environment as providence.