Age and Language Learning

소개글

Age and Language Learning에 대한 논문 3종류를 읽고 요약 정리한 숙제 입니다. TESOL이론, 이중언어 습득등과 관련. 원어민에게 수정을 본 영문 리포트 입니다.

목차

Article 1. Critical Period Effects in Second Language Learning
Article 2. Age Constraints on Second-Language Acquisition
Article 3

본문내용

Since people tried to figure out language acquisition, a lot of scholars and linguists insisted and tried hard to explain the reason but no one has made it clear so far. In the center of the chaos, many researchers and linguists brought up one more issue "age and learning." Through decades, there have been hundreds of articles, thesis and reports about the issue. Many of those insisted that age is the key factor of language acquisition while the others cited age doesn`t matter for language mastering. Eric Lenneberg insisted that language could be acquired only within a critical period, from early infancy until puberty and Thomas Scovel insisted that there are biological timetables for learning through the research evidence from various mammals and birds. (Principle of Language Learning and Teaching 5th edition/Ch. 3 Age and Acquisition/ H. Douglas Brown/ Longman).

참고 자료

Jacqueline S. Johnson and Elissa L. Newport(1989): Critical Period Effects in Second Language Learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language
James Emil Flege, Grace H. Yeni-Komshian and Serena Liu (1999): Constraints on Second-Language Acquisition
Hwang, Hae Shin(2005): Children`s Early English Education and the Factors on their Bilingual Language Development