Question

[Lê Quỳnh Anh]

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D on our answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

In the explosion of the linguistic life cycle, it is apparent that it is much more difficult to learn a second language in adulthood than a first language in childhood. Most adults never completely master a foreign language, especially in Phonology – hence the ubiquitous foreign accent. Their development often “fossilizes” into permanent error patterns that no teaching or correction can undo. Of course, there are great individual differences, which depend on effort, attitudes, amount of exposure, quality of teaching and plain talent, but there seems to be a cap for the best adults in the best circumstances

Many explanations have been advanced for children’s superiority; they exploit Motherese (the simplified, repetitive conversation between parents and children), make errors unself-consciously, are more motivated to communicate, like to conform, are not set in their ways, and have not first language to interfere. But some of these accounts are unlikely, based on what is known about how language acquisition works. Recent evidence is calling these social and motivation explanations into doubt. Holding every other factor constant, a key factor stands out: sheer age

Systematic evidence comes from the psychologist Elissa Newport and her colleagues. They tested Korean and Chinese – born students at the University of Illinois who had spent a least ten years in the United States. The immigrants were give a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all, and showed huge variability unrelated to their age of arrival

In the experiment in the passage, the Psychologists discovered _____

A. most students had lived in the U.S for more that 10 years

B. older students were unable to learn English

C. young students learned English best

D. students who arrived late were worst of all

Answer 1

[Dương Hoàn Anh]

Đáp án C

Trong thí nghiệm trong đoạn văn, các nhà tâm lý học khám phá ra _____

Đáp án C – học sinh trẻ tuổi học tiếng Anh tốt nhất

Dẫn chứng – Câu 3 4 5 – Đoạn cuối: “The immigrants were given a list of 276 simple English sentences, half of them containing some grammatical error. The immigrants who came to the United States between the age of 3 and 7 performed identically to American – born students. Those who arrived between ages 8 and 15 did worse the latter they arrived, and those who arrived between 17 and 39 did the worst of all”

Tạm dịch: Những người nhập cư được đưa cho 1 danh sách 276 câu Tiếng Anh đơn giản, một nửa số chúng có một vài lỗi ngữ pháp. Những người di cư người đến Mỹ ở giữa dộ tuổi 3 và 7 thực hiện y hệt như học sinh Mỹ. Những người người đến ở giữa độ tuổi 8 và 15 thực hiện kém hơn, những người người đến độ tưởi 17 và 39 làm kém nhất trong tất cả.

=> Ta thấy học sinh trẻ tuổi học tiếng anh tốt nhất

Các đáp án khác

A – phần lớn học sinh  đã sống ở Mỹ hơn 10 năm

B – những học sinh nhiều tuổi hơn không có khả năng học tiếng Anh

D – những học sinh, người đến muộn là kém nhất