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On Comparing the Development Procedures of Native Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning

Journal of Jiangsu Teachers University of Technology (2005)

Neijiang Normal University

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Abstract

This paper tries to interpret the development and features of children′s native language acquisition from the angle of native language acquisition and its development.The differences between the native language acquisition and foreign language learning are then compared from some aspects such as: age,cognitive ability,psychological factor,social factor and mother-tongue interference.And finally the paper discusses the implication of native language acquisition for TEFL.

Topics

Educational Technology and Assessment 0.81 Higher Education and Teaching Methods 0.75 Second Language Learning and Teaching 0.71

Field: Computer Science · Subfield: Information Systems

Keywords

First language,Second-language acquisition,Language acquisition,Foreign language,Developmental linguistics,Language development,Comprehension approach,Second-language attrition,Language transfer,Linguistics