| INTRODUCTION | 第1-10页 |
| 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION | 第10-17页 |
| ·Clearing the ground | 第10-13页 |
| ·Second language acquisition (SLA) | 第10-11页 |
| ·Non-linguistic environment | 第11页 |
| ·Age | 第11-12页 |
| ·Brain Plasticity Theory | 第12页 |
| ·Critical Period Hypothesis | 第12-13页 |
| ·Further thinking | 第13-17页 |
| ·Is earlier always better?6 | 第13-14页 |
| ·What is the optimal age to begin a foreign language?7 | 第14页 |
| ·How to deal with the overlap?7 | 第14-15页 |
| ·How to realize effective teaching?8 | 第15-17页 |
| 2 A CHILDREN-ADULTS COMPARISON IN SLA | 第17-37页 |
| ·How does SLA benefit from the study of child L1 acquisition | 第17-21页 |
| ·Differences between child L1 acquisition and SLA | 第17-19页 |
| ·Similarities between children L1 acquisition and SLA | 第19-21页 |
| ·Children-adults similarities in SLA | 第21-23页 |
| ·Children-adults differences in SLA | 第23-37页 |
| ·Developmental differences | 第25-30页 |
| ·Cognitive differences | 第30-32页 |
| ·Attitudinal and motivational differences | 第32-37页 |
| 3 A STUDY OF AGE DIFFERENCES IN SLA | 第37-47页 |
| ·General description | 第37页 |
| ·Subjects | 第37-38页 |
| ·Procedure and method | 第38-39页 |
| ·Results and analyses | 第39-45页 |
| ·Speech recording | 第39-43页 |
| ·Questionnaire | 第43-45页 |
| ·Findings | 第45-47页 |
| 4 AGE DIFFERENCES AND CHILDREN L2 TEACHING | 第47-64页 |
| ·Age and L2 teaching | 第47-50页 |
| ·When should the L2 teaching start | 第47-49页 |
| ·How do teaching methods vary with age?42 | 第49-50页 |
| ·Some L2 teaching methods for children | 第50-64页 |
| ·Total physical response (TPR) | 第51-58页 |
| ·TPR storytelling (TPR-S) | 第58-59页 |
| ·Singing songs | 第59-60页 |
| ·Topic-based teaching | 第60-61页 |
| ·Games | 第61-64页 |
| 5 CONCLUSION | 第64-66页 |
| APPENDIX A | 第66-67页 |
| APPENDIX B | 第67-68页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第68-69页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第69-73页 |
