儿童与成人母语对二语习得的差异_英语论文

Differences between Children and Adults in the Effects of Mother Tongue on SLA

摘要

本文阐述了儿童与成人母语对二语习得的差异，将母语与二语习得的差异作为切入点，通过对第一语言和第二语言习得理论以及迁移理论的回顾，系统阐释了在二语习得中母语的重要性，并且从成人与儿童在母语习得和二语习得方面的差异，以及母语对二语习得的影响等方面，归纳并分析出了儿童与成人母语对二语习得在三个方面产生了不同的影响，从发音，词汇，句型这三个方面总结出了不同的影响。探讨并总结出如何更加有效的使母语对二语习得发挥积极作用。

关键词：母语；二语习得；迁移理论；成人与儿童 

Abstract

This thesis is intended to discuss the differences between children and adults in the effects of mother tongue on second language acquisition. Through discussing the differences between mother tongue acquisition and second language acquisition and the application of the First Language Acquisition Theory and Second Language Acquisition Theory and Transfer Theory, the paper attempts to expound the importance of the mother tongue in SLA, discuss three different kinds of effects of mother tongue on SLA between children and adults, from the perspective of the differences of mother tongue acquisition and second language acquisition between children and adults, and the influence of mother tongue on SLA, and finally summarize how to make mother tongue play a more effective role in SLA.

Key words: mother tongue; SLA; transfer theory; children and adults