首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、She is a linguist. B、She works as a teacher. C、She’s an expert on language education D、She’s an expert on spreading languages.
A、She is a linguist. B、She works as a teacher. C、She’s an expert on language education D、She’s an expert on spreading languages.
admin
2017-06-21
56
问题
M: Today we have Professor Snow in our studio. She’s an expert on language education. Well, do you believe that the critical period for language acquisition affects one’s ability to learn a second language? Might it affect the way in which one learns that second language?
W: The evidence clearly demonstrates that there is no critical period for second-language learning, that there is no biologically determined constraint on language learning capacity that emerges at a particular age, nor any maturational process which requires that older language learners function differently than younger language learners. There are, however, myriad differences between older and younger learners that play themselves out in second-language learning just as they do in the learning of a musical instrument, a sport, or nuclear physics. For some aspects of learning, older learners have compelling advantages: for others, they have disadvantages. Those advantages and disadvantages emerge as a result of many variables that vary with age. These variables include how much one already knows, how strategic one’s learning can be, how embarrassed one is about making errors, etc., and are not biologically determined.
M: Could you offer any potential explanations for the fact that older learners of a second language typically achieve basic proficiency in the new language more rapidly than younger learners?
W: Older learners do have many advantages. First, they already know one language, sometimes more than one, quite well, and have therefore practiced with the linguistic capacities that speed language acquisition. Second, they are typically better at intentional learning. In other words, they have study strategies, literacy skills, and other resources to utilize. We are not surprised that older learners are better at algebra or history: we should not be surprised that they are faster second-language learners.
M: Are some second-language skills more naturally acquired by younger learners than by older learners? Is the opposite ever true, that is, do older learners acquire some skills more readily than younger learners?
W: It is hard to understand what one means by "naturally acquired." Younger language learners, like older ones, work hard and struggle while learning. But younger learners are probably more willing to learn socially useful language, including phrases and longer utterances, without knowing exactly what it means. Thus, they can sometimes function better in certain social interactions. Younger learners generally are learning in the context of more contextual interactions: therefore, they may have advantages in picking up the meanings of the words they hear. And, while younger learners certainly start out with a "foreign accent" just like older learners, they may be more willing to experiment with unfamiliar sounds and sound sequences.
1. What does Professor Snow do?
2. What’s Professor Snow’s opinion on critical period?
3. What causes the advantages and disadvantages of older second-language learners?
4. Why are older learners faster second-language learners?
5. Why can younger learners function better in certain social interactions?
选项
A、She is a linguist.
B、She works as a teacher.
C、She’s an expert on language education
D、She’s an expert on spreading languages.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/djsK777K
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
Americans’circleofcloseconfidantshasshrunkdramaticallyinthepasttwodecadesbutthenumberofpeoplewhosaythey【M1】_
"Artdoesnotsolveproblems,butmakesusawareoftheirexistence,"sculptorMagdalenaAbakanowiczhassaid.Artseducation,
Thegovernment’scontinuingfailuretoaddressournation’sgut-wrenchingunemploymentstemsfromafundamentaldisagreemento
Peoplelearnlanguagesallthetime,andforallkindsofreasons.Forexample,youprobablyhavevariousreasonstostudy【M1】__
Peoplelearnlanguagesallthetime,andforallkindsofreasons.Forexample,youprobablyhavevariousreasonstostudy【M1】__
PoetryNowadays,weliterarycriticsaresaidtotalklittleaboutactualliterature.Today,Ireallywanttofocusonpoet
Pre-courseLectureof"AmericanNovelSince1945"Tolearnthelectureof"AmericanNovelSince1945",somepointsshouldb
A、Itwasmadeinahurry.B、Itaffectedthegroup’scredit.C、Ithasbothsupportersandopponents.D、Itwasprovedtrueinthe
A、Sheisaveryappealingperson.B、Sheisacommonwoman.C、Sheisachildwithdoublecharacter.D、Sheisawomanwithdouble
Somepeoplesaylovemakestheworldgoaround.Otherssayitisnotlove:it’smoney.Sincethetruthisthatitisenergythat
随机试题
患者女性,78岁。慢性咳嗽、咳痰20余年,近5年来活动后气急,一周前感冒后痰多,气急加剧。近2天嗜睡。化验:wBC18.6×109/L,中性0.9,动脉血pH7.29,PaCO280mmHg,PaO248mmHg。该患者最可能的诊断为
关于嵌体洞斜面的预备叙述正确的是()
在政府的采购方式中,采用竞争性谈判方式的程序包括()。
某场地抗震设防烈度为7度,场地典型地层条件如下表,地下水位深度为1.00m,从建筑抗震来说场地类别属于()。题35表
广东某城市某土建工程,合同规定结算款为100万元,合同原始报价日期为2007年3月。工程于2008年2月建成交付使用。根据表2中所列工程人工费、材料费构成比例以及有关价格指数,计算需调整的价格差额是()万元。
我国最大的个人征信数据库是由中国人民银行建立并已投入使用的()。
对于借款企业来说,补偿性余额会给企业带来的影响有()。
上世纪60年代,赞助商的美元滚滚而来,赛车的技术水平和速度______般地飞跃,同时飞跃的还有车手的______性。从此,规则制订者的头号任务就是让赛车慢下来。填入划横线部分最恰当的一项是( )
传说中的“鬼火”现象其实是人体内的一种元素在氧化过程中,部分能量以光能的形式释放所致。这种人体内的元素是()。
简述聚众斗殴罪的犯罪构成要件。
最新回复
(
0
)