Second language learning

Summary:
According to Mitchell & myles, second language learner is the people who learn a languge after they already master their first language.They learn the target language in different place.English become a target language for the second languge in the worldwide.Reserchers tend to minimize the different among learners, but younger always means better in long run learning.learners followed a same route, but due to individual differences the result were different. There are two group of the most important learner traits, congnitive factors, such as intelligence, language aptitude, language learning strategies, and affective factors, such as language attitudes, motivation, lauguage anxiety. As a social being, interests of learners focus on relationship with social context and structuring of the learning opportunites.The interests leads to not onlyconcern social element and relationship, but also the relationship between idividual and society change. (Mitchell & myles, PP.17-20)

Personal response:
As a second language learner, I am agree with Mithchell on the point of a critical age. Actuallly, if you are young, like 7 years old, you can accept the new knowlegde more easyer than the people who is above 18 years old.

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