There are hot arguments on foreign language learning "the sooner the better" and it is critical to children' s foreign language education policies.This study combs series of empirical studies and models ...There are hot arguments on foreign language learning "the sooner the better" and it is critical to children' s foreign language education policies.This study combs series of empirical studies and models to analyze disadvantages of the belief of foreign language education "the sooner the better" in China.The findings are:1.Age is not the key factor to foreign language achievement,learning strategies,language distance and mother language proficiency are important factors that can not be ignored;2.The results in external foreign language studies can not be used directly to guide domestic foreign language education policies,for practical demands must be taken in consideration.展开更多
基金the staged achievement of the national social science fund project--the Empirical Studies of Whether Foreign Language Learning is the Earlier the Better(CHA140176)
文摘There are hot arguments on foreign language learning "the sooner the better" and it is critical to children' s foreign language education policies.This study combs series of empirical studies and models to analyze disadvantages of the belief of foreign language education "the sooner the better" in China.The findings are:1.Age is not the key factor to foreign language achievement,learning strategies,language distance and mother language proficiency are important factors that can not be ignored;2.The results in external foreign language studies can not be used directly to guide domestic foreign language education policies,for practical demands must be taken in consideration.
