试析二语习得儿童优势的成因

A Preliminary Study on the Reasons of Child Advantage in Second Language Acquisition

本文分析和梳理了二语习得中儿童优势的成因,通过分析儿童在二语习得过程中异于成人的特性,得出关于外语教学的三点启示:1)缺乏二语环境的英语早教往往事倍功半,得不偿失;2)儿童的教学方式应本质上与成人区分开来,如不应该对低龄学习者教授抽象的语言知识;3)大中学生在英语学习中应向儿童学习,尽量减少母语的影响,建立独立的语言系统,提高学习效率。

This study analyzes and summarizeds the reasons tor child advantage in second language acquisition.By analyzing the special properties of children in regard with the process of learning foreign language,the study presents three major proposals for foreign language teaching:1)child advantage cannot be fully exploited if children are not immersed in a second language setting.2)children should be treated differently from adults in accordance with their cognitive property,i.e.abstract linguistic knowledge should be forbidden in English instruction for children.3)Adult EFL learners should turn to children in terms of English learning,by minimizing the influence from native tongue and establishing independent linguistic system,they could improve their efficiency of leaning.