国外外语学习的年龄差异研究与我国外语教学

The Age Difference Research and Foreign languages Education

作者基于国外学者的研究,探讨了语言习得的临界期假说、敏感期假说及大脑优势侧化等理论观点,对国内外就外语学习的最佳年龄问题所开展的实验和研究作了介绍,比较了儿童、少年、成人各年龄段的外语学习者各自的优势和不足,提出了针对我国外语教学实际的外语教育策略。

Based on the research literature abroad, the authors discusses the various theories of the Critical Period Hypothesis, the Sensitive Period Hypothesis and the brain lateralization in the language acquisition. It analyses the various scientific experiments on the best age in second or foreign language learning. It compares the advantages and disadvantages of language learners of different age period and provides some foreign language education strategies in the context of China.