Age Factors in Second Language Acquisition:a Case in China

摘要

It has long been noticed that age at onset of acquisition(AoA) is relevant to second language acquisition(SLA) and even can be regarded as one of the determinants of success in language learning. Based on the comparison between the author's successful learning experience of Japanese as an adult and the relatively unsuccessful learning experience of English as a child, this essay will discuss some theories of age factors in SLA and give several practical implications of age effects in SLA on classroom practices.