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Introduction
Anincreasinglynumberofbilingualkindergartensandprimaryschoolshaveintroducedbilingualteaching,thus,moreandmoreparentspaymoreattentiontoEnglishteachingandsendingtheirchildrentoEnglishTrainingforstudyingEnglish.HowdochildrenacquireSecondLanguagenaturallyandeasily?
ThereisalargedealoflinguisticexpertsputforwardthefactorsthatinfluencetheSecondLanguageAcquisitionathomeandaboard.LennebergfirstlycameupwiththeCriticalPeriodHypothesis(CPH)andhebelievesthatchildrenaresensitivetolanguageinputandhavestrongimitationability,whichisrelativelyeasytoobtainaforeignlanguage(1967).
Thus,somescholarswhoagreedwiththeopinionbelievedthatCPHalsoexistedintheprocessoflearningSecondLanguage(SL),especiallyinpronunciationandlistening,theyoungerchildrentheyare,thebetterspeechacquisitionandhearingsensitivitytheywouldget.Whileotherprofessorsarguedthatexceptage,someexternalfactorscouldaffectSLA,suchaslanguageinput,cognitivedevelopmentandpsychologicalfactors.Krashen'
sEmotionalFilterHypothesisandInputHypothesisverifiedthatthewayoflanguageabsorption,learningattitudesandlearningemotionsmakeimportancerolesinSLA(1985).
Thethesisattemptstoconductasurveyonstudents,agedfrom3to15,whostudiedEnglishinAChildren’sEnglishTrainingSchool.AChildren'
sEnglishTrainingInstituteisheadquarteredintheUnitedKingdom,dedicatedtoprovidingprofessionalEnglisheducationforchildren.Itscoursesaremainlydividedintotwoparts:
preschooler(2-6yearsold)andprimaryandsecondarystudents(6-15yearsold).TheyarerespectivelycalledKlevelandPKlevel.Accordingtowhattheyhavelearnt,foreignteacherswillmakeanassessmentwithstudentseverymonth.Inaddition,theeducationalinstitutionhasdevelopedacomprehensiveonlineteachingcurriculumforstudentstolearnonlinewhichenablesstudentstopreviewtextbookandconsolidatewhattheyhavelearnedathome.
Inordertofindoutfactorsofaffectingchildren'
sSLA,theauthormainlydesignedresearchquestionsfromlearninghabits,learningmotivation,learningsituationandfamilyeducation.Throughcomparisonandanalysis,theauthorconcludesthefactorsthataffectchildren'
sSLAandmakesconstructivesuggestionsforchildrentolearnSecondLanguagebetterandfaster.
Therearefourpartsinthethesis.PartoneintroducesSecondLanguageAcquisitionanditsuniversalityinChineseeducation,inthemeanwhile,distinguishlearningandacquisition.Parttwotalksaboutthetheoreticalframework,CriticalPeriodHypothesisandAffectiveFitterHypothesis.Partthreeisthebodyofthethesis,inthispart,theauthorconductedasurveyonchildrenandanalyzedtheresearchresultsfromlearningattitude,emotionalfactors,learninghabitsandstrategiesandfamilyeducation.Eventually,theauthormadesomesuggestionsforAChildrenEnglishTrainingInstitutiontoimprovetheirteachingqualityandefficiency.
1SecondLanguageAcquisition
InthisCharter,theauthorexplainswhatisSLAandpointsouttheimportanceofSLAanddifficultiesthatwehavemetintheearlyEnglishteaching.Andthentheauthorintroducedthedifferencesof“learning”and“acquisition”,whichcanmakepeoplehaveagoodunderstandoftheprocessofSecondlanguagelearningandlearnhowtostudyanewlanguage.
1.1WhatisSecondLanguageAcquisition?
SecondLanguageAcquisition,orSLA,istheprocessesbywhichpeoplelearnlanguagesbywhichpeoplelearnlanguagesinadditiontotheirnativetongues.Justassecondlanguageisthestandardtermforanylanguagewhoseacquisitionstartsafterearlychildhood,includingwhatischronologicallythethirdorsubsequentlanguage,SLAistheacquisitionofanysecondlanguage.(Larry&
Susan,2001).
Englishisthemaininternationalandwidelyusedlanguageintheworld.Englishcannotonlybeusedinourdailylifebutalsobeusedinourwork.Thus,thenationpaysmoreattentiontoEnglisheducation,evencarryingoutlingualeducationinsomeschools.
However,theeffectofSLAisnotsatisfactory.SomechildrenarelackofinterestinEnglishclassandeasilyforgetwhatteacherteaches.ItisdifficultforchildrentospeakEnglishfluentlyandaccurately.TheycannotuseEnglishproperlyintheirdailylivesorinwritings,either.Therefore,itisaworthystudytoimprovethequalityandefficiencyofearlyEnglishteaching.
1.2DifferencesBetweenLearningandAcquisition
Krashenwasthefirsttoexplicitlydistinguishbetween"
acquired"
and"
learning"
.Acquisitionisa‘natural’process,wherethereisno‘consciousfocusingon