【作者】 谢舒婷；

【导师】 檀东星；

【作者基本信息】 福建师范大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2004， 硕士

【摘要】 人们普遍认为儿童在第二语言学习方面要优越于成人。尤其是他们在语音方面的特殊能力给人留下了深刻的印象。而这也成为了从小学开始外语教学的一个普遍依据。文中笔者回顾了关于开始学习外语的时间和学习时间长度对第二语言习得影响的研究。并探讨了造成儿童、少年和成人在第二语言习得中的不同表现的一些重要理论和假说。最后笔者对六十名学生做了一个语音测试，以探寻开始学习外语的年龄以及学习时间的长短对语音能力的影响。更多还原

【Abstract】 It is generally held that children are superior to adults at second language acquisition. And their impressive ability to achieve a more native-like pronunciation of a foreign language than older students is the most common reason given for beginning foreign languages in the elementary school. In this paper previous research on the influence of Starting Age and Length of Learning on the SLA is reviewed. And some important theories and hypotheses are given to account for the different performance of child, adolescent and adult on second language learning. And at the end a pronunciation test was carried out to examine the relationships among starting age, length of learning and one’s pronunciation proficiency.更多还原