Is It Harder for an Adult to Learn New Languages?(成人更難學(xué)外語嗎?)
1．成人學(xué)習(xí)一種新的語言是否比兒童困難?
2．闡述原因。[寫作導(dǎo)航]第一段從人們的普遍看法入手，即年齡越大，學(xué)外語越難，然后提出質(zhì)疑：這是真的嗎?否定之后指出，這并不一定，通常隨著年齡增加，學(xué)語言的能力也增強(qiáng)；第二段陳述原因，一是因?yàn)槌扇松鐣?huì)閱歷豐富，二是因?yàn)槌扇诉壿嬎季S能力強(qiáng)，三是因?yàn)槌扇俗钥啬芰Τ^兒童；最后一段以鼓勵(lì)成人學(xué)好外語結(jié)尾。
[范文]
Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. This is because they believe that children learn languages more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around ages 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? It may not necessarily be the case. In fact, the ability to learn language increases as the age increases, from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and, therefore, are able to understand things more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical thinking to help them see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self discipline than children.
All in all, the common conception that children are better language learners than adults may not necessarily be true. Hopefully, this would encourage adult learners to become successful language learners, no matter what new languages they want to learn.
1．成人學(xué)習(xí)一種新的語言是否比兒童困難?
2．闡述原因。[寫作導(dǎo)航]第一段從人們的普遍看法入手，即年齡越大，學(xué)外語越難，然后提出質(zhì)疑：這是真的嗎?否定之后指出，這并不一定，通常隨著年齡增加，學(xué)語言的能力也增強(qiáng)；第二段陳述原因，一是因?yàn)槌扇松鐣?huì)閱歷豐富，二是因?yàn)槌扇诉壿嬎季S能力強(qiáng)，三是因?yàn)槌扇俗钥啬芰Τ^兒童；最后一段以鼓勵(lì)成人學(xué)好外語結(jié)尾。
[范文]
Most people think that the older you get, the harder it is to learn a new language. This is because they believe that children learn languages more easily and efficiently than adults. Thus, at some point in our lives, maybe around ages 12 or 13, we lose the ability to learn languages well. Is it true that children learn a foreign language more efficiently than adults? It may not necessarily be the case. In fact, the ability to learn language increases as the age increases, from childhood to adulthood.
There are several possible explanations for these findings. For one thing, adults know more about the world and, therefore, are able to understand things more easily than children. Moreover, adults can use logical thinking to help them see patterns in the language. Finally, adults have more self discipline than children.
All in all, the common conception that children are better language learners than adults may not necessarily be true. Hopefully, this would encourage adult learners to become successful language learners, no matter what new languages they want to learn.