Is Age The Major Factor in Second Language Acquisition？ -- An examination of the Critical Period Hypothesis

• 作者: LiYing LiuShufan
• 来源期刊: 中国英语教学：英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: 外语教学 学习年龄 语言学习能力 学习方法
• 年，卷（期）: zgyyyyxyw_2004,（3）
• 页码范围: 34-35
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: H09

摘要

Children, unlike adults, have an innate ability for learning language with great facility and minimal effort. This idea that early age is a major factor in native-proficient second language acquisition is a widely held and popular belief. Such views have been supported by many theories that were first proposed in the middle of the 20th century. This paper examines the