In second language teaching methodology, 'real-life' communicative use of language has long receivedmuch attention and conscious learning is thus more or less supposed to be irrelevant. SL learning should bela...In second language teaching methodology, 'real-life' communicative use of language has long receivedmuch attention and conscious learning is thus more or less supposed to be irrelevant. SL learning should belargely unconscious, just as a child learns his native language. However, many SL researchers and teachersdoubt the unconscious learning. This article suggests that while for young children SL learning undercommunicative naturalistic condition may be favorable, consciousness may be more beneficial for adults due totheir intellectual maturity and richer experience.展开更多
文摘In second language teaching methodology, 'real-life' communicative use of language has long receivedmuch attention and conscious learning is thus more or less supposed to be irrelevant. SL learning should belargely unconscious, just as a child learns his native language. However, many SL researchers and teachersdoubt the unconscious learning. This article suggests that while for young children SL learning undercommunicative naturalistic condition may be favorable, consciousness may be more beneficial for adults due totheir intellectual maturity and richer experience.
