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1、ReadingReportEllenTCSL09Afterreadingthisbook----TheBilingualEdge(IcallitBook1),Ifindthat’sarealusefulbookforparents.Although,Idon’thaveanychild,Ihopemyone-year-oldnephewwillbeabilingual.Chapter5andChapter6inthisbookdrawmyattentionmostly.Inchapter5,itintro
2、ducestheinfluenceofindividualdifferenceslikebirthorder,gender,personality,aptitude,andlearningstyle.ThebooknamedUnderstandingSecondLanguageAcquisition(IcallitBook2)alsoprovidessomedetailsaboutindividuallearnerdifferences.First,asweallknow,nowadays,mostfam
3、ilyhaveonlychild,sowedon’tneedtoconcernaboutthebirthorder.Howaboutthegender?Therearealsointerestinglanguagesandlearningdifferencesbetweengirlsandboysthatparentsneedtounderstand.Generallyspeaking,girlsgrowupmorequicklyingeneral;thereforethedifferencesmight
4、beduetothefactthatgirlsmaturemorequicklythanboysdoingeneral.Second,theaptitudeseemstobetheimportantfactorinSLA.InBook1,itdescriedaptitudeasafuzzyconcept,whiletheBook2citeCarrollandSapon’sideatoidentifythreemajorcomponentsofaptitude:(1)phoneticcodingabilit
5、y(2)grammaticalsensitivity(3)inductiveability.ItseemsthataptitudeissomethingwebornwithandinfluencetherateofSLAdevelopment,however,thereisnoevidencetosuggestthataptitudeshasanyeffectontheroute.Also,wealwayssay“practicemakesperfect”,eveniftheaptitudeislimit
6、ed.Third,wearegoingtotalkabouttheage.BothofthesetwobooksagreethatagedoesnotaltertherouteofSLAbutstronglyinfluencedtherate.Thereisacommonsensethat“theyoungerthebetter”,andyoungerlearnersdobetterinsuccessinpronunciation,becausethelongerbeexposuretotheL2,the
7、morenative-likeL2proficiencybecomes.Evenwhenitcomestomorphologyandsyntax,theolderarebetter.Inmyopinion,Ihopemynephewcandowellincommunicationinsteadofexamination.It’sgoodforhimtobeexposedtotheL2.Ibelievebothnumberofyearsofexposureandstartingageaffectthelev
8、elofsuccess.What’smore?Inordertohelpmynephew,it’snecessarytoknowhowwecanbestpromotelanguagelearningathome.Childrenlearnlanguagethroughdailycontacts,emotionalbonds,andeverydayinteractionswiththeircaregivers.Languagel
