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1、InspirationForForeignLanguageTeachingAlthoughchildren’sacquisitionoflanguageisdifferentfromadults’offoreignlanguageinaspectsofphysiology,psychology,learningconditionsandprocessetc.,experts’researchesstilldrawteachers’attentions.(“TheDirectMethod”isoneoftheapparentexample.)So
2、meotherinspirationsareasfollows:Psychologistsconsiderthereisastrongmotivationforchildrentolearnlanguagebecausewhethertheycanspeakdeterminethedailycommunicationwithpeoplearoundthem.Asaresult,itisaneedforlivingtoacquirealanguageinsteadofaburden,andchildrenevenfeelitapleasure.T
3、hiskindofintegratedmotivationismoreeffectiveonlanguageacquisitionthanthewilloutoflearningaforeignlanguagejustasatool.Therefore,foreignlanguageteachingshouldtrytoinspirelearnerswithastrongmotivation.Andthecreationofaforeignlanguageenvironmentbecomesespeciallyimportant.IMotiva
4、tionWhentheylearntospeak,children’sattentionfocusesonthecontentoftheinformationinsteadofthelinguisticsymbolsystemthatdeliversinfo.However,onthecontrary,ourteachingpaymoreattentiontothesymbolsystemitselfandeventreatitasthefinalgoal,ignoringtheuseofit.Morphologicalchangesarepu
5、ttotheendforchildrenwhilethetraditionalteachingapproachplacesitattheverybeginning.IIContentVSSymbolAsisknown,childrenlearntospeakbycomingintocontactwithlotsofauthenticlanguagematerials.Itisestimatedthatinthefirstthreeyears,theyhearmillionsofwords,butchildrencangrasp“keywords
6、”accordingtotheirunderstandingonauthenticoccasions.Foradults,theyjustlearnlanguageprocessedbyteachersinclasswhichisnotauthentic.Beingengagedinquiteafewlinguisticphenomena,childrenassimilateknowledgeslowlyininitialstage,buttheywillspeedupafteracertainperiod.Intouchwithlessaut
7、henticlinguisticphenomena,adultslearnfastattheverybeginning,buttheymakelittleprogressaftersometime.Thepercentageofchildren’ssuccessinlanguageacquisitionisratherhighwhilethereisalwaysfailureforadultstolearningforeign.Isthatbecausethelatterlackauthenticlanguagematerials?Itiswo
8、rthTakingintoconsideration.IIIAuthenticSituationWhentheylearntospeak,mostch