浅谈儿童第一语言习得与成人第二语言习得

A Brief Talk on Children's First Language Acquisition and Adults' Second Language Acquisition

第一语言 (L1)即母语或本族语 ;第二语言 (L2 ) ,是指本民族学习者在获得第一语言 (母语 )之后再学会的一种语言。儿童母语习得与成年人第二语言习得存在着一定的差异 ,但二者之间也存在着必然的联系。通过对二者进行比较研究 ,指出成年人L2 习得的有利条件。这里需要说明的是 ,本文谈到的“第二语言”是广义的 ,包括“外语”和“第二语言”。

First language is also known as the native language or the mother tongue. A second language is any language acquired later than the native language by the native speakers or learners. There are some similarities and differences between children's first language acquisition and adults'second language acquisition. By making a comparison between them, the advantages of adults second language acquisition are gained. One thing should be pointed out:the seconde language in this article is used in a broad sense, which includes foreign languages and second language.