关于影响儿童二语习得因素的案例分析毕业论文Word格式.docx

1、摘要.IIIntroductionAn increasingly number of bilingual kindergartens and primary schools have introduced bilingual teaching, thus, more and more parents pay more attention to English teaching and sending their children to English Training for studying English. How do children acquire Second Language n

2、aturally and easily? There is a large deal of linguistic experts put forward the factors that influence the Second Language Acquisition at home and aboard. Lenneberg firstly came up with the Critical Period Hypothesis （CPH） and he believes that children are sensitive to language input and have stron

3、g imitation ability, which is relatively easy to obtain a foreign language （1967）. Thus, some scholars who agreed with the opinion believed that CPH also existed in the process of learning Second Language （SL）, especially in pronunciation and listening, the younger children they are, the better spee

4、ch acquisition and hearing sensitivity they would get. While other professors argued that except age, some external factors could affect SLA, such as language input, cognitive development and psychological factors. Krashens Emotional Filter Hypothesis and Input Hypothesis verified that the way of la

5、nguage absorption, learning attitudes and learning emotions make importance roles in SLA （1985）. The thesis attempts to conduct a survey on students, aged from 3 to 15, who studied English in A Childrens English Training School. A Childrens English Training Institute is headquartered in the United K

6、ingdom, dedicated to providing professional English education for children. Its courses are mainly divided into two parts: preschooler （2-6 years old） and primary and secondary students （6-15 years old）. They are respectively called K level and PK level. According to what they have learnt, foreign t

7、eachers will make an assessment with students every month. In addition, the educational institution has developed a comprehensive online teaching curriculum for students to learn online which enables students to preview textbook and consolidate what they have learned at home.In order to find out fac

8、tors of affecting childrens SLA, the author mainly designed research questions from learning habits, learning motivation, learning situation and family education. Through comparison and analysis, the author concludes the factors that affect childrens SLA and makes constructive suggestions for childr

9、en to learn Second Language better and faster. There are four parts in the thesis. Part one introduces Second Language Acquisition and its universality in Chinese education, in the meanwhile, distinguish learning and acquisition. Part two talks about the theoretical framework, Critical Period Hypoth

10、esis and Affective Fitter Hypothesis. Part three is the body of the thesis, in this part, the author conducted a survey on children and analyzed the research results from learning attitude, emotional factors, learning habits and strategies and family education. Eventually, the author made some sugge

11、stions for A Children English Training Institution to improve their teaching quality and efficiency.1Second Language Acquisition In this Charter, the author explains what is SLA and points out the importance of SLA and difficulties that we have met in the early English teaching. And then the author

12、introduced the differences of “learning” and “acquisition” ,which can make people have a good understand of the process of Second language learning and learn how to study a new language. 1.1 What is Second Language Acquisition?Second Language Acquisition, or SLA, is the processes by which people lea

13、rn languages by which people learn languages in addition to their native tongues. Just as second language is the standard term for any language whose acquisition starts after early childhood, including what is chronologically the third or subsequent language, SLA is the acquisition of any second lan

14、guage. （Larry & Susan, 2001）. English is the main international and widely used language in the world. English can not only be used in our daily life but also be used in our work. Thus, the nation pays more attention to English education, even carrying out lingual education in some schools. However,

15、 the effect of SLA is not satisfactory. Some children are lack of interest in English class and easily forget what teacher teaches. It is difficult for children to speak English fluently and accurately. They cannot use English properly in their daily lives or in writings, either. Therefore, it is a worthy study to improve the quality and efficiency of early English teaching. 1.2 Differences Between Learning and Acquisition Krashen was the first to explicitly distinguish between acquired and learning. Acquisition is a natural process, where there is no conscious focusing on