Reflections on English Teaching in Primary Schools
1. In China, English is a foreign language, not a second language, and cannot be acquired.
In China, many people ignore that English is a foreign language, not a second language, which is an important objective reason for the low efficiency of English learning.
So, what's the difference between a second language and a foreign language? Are they terms with the same concept but different styles, or are they two different concepts? How will it affect the effect of English teaching?
In fact, we know that the second language is the opposite of the first language, while foreign languages and non-native languages are the opposite of the mother tongue and mother tongue.
The common characteristics of the first language, mother tongue and mother tongue are: (1) The earliest language is often acquired in the family environment; ② High proficiency. Strong language intuition.
The common characteristics of second language, foreign language and non-native language are: (1) is a bilingual phenomenon; (2) Being in the first language in the mastered time series; (3) Proficiency is generally not as good as the first language; (4) The acquisition methods are generally school education, family education or self-study.