论文部分内容阅读
【Abstract】More and more researchers switch their attentions on the study the path and mechanism of the changing cognitive development with a focus on variability with a group and within a subject by the microgenetic approach.The paper overviews the studies achievements of using microgenetic approach in second language acquisition both at abroad and home. By using microgenetic approach，it will provide us a new perspective to explore effective ways to modify our teaching and learning and could help us better to deal with the micro problems of Chinese students learning.
【Key words】microgenetic approach； Second Language Acquisition
Microgenetic approach was a kind of research method which has appeared in recent 20 years in the field of cognitive psychology and can be traced to 70 years ago， in which Vygotsky and Werner put forward the basic idea of Microgenetic analysis. This approach was mainly used to explore trajectory and mechanism of cognitive development and focus on the group or individual’s variability during development process.
Microgenetic approach has been proved to be applicable in various fields， such as cognitive science， social science， applied linguistics， pragmatics， as well as second language acquisition and has been used to study development in diverse content areas： language， arithmetic etc. The main reason was closely related to the continuous development of the theories， from Chomsky’ innate language acquisition dominated in second language acquisition to “learning language was just like to learn other cognitive skill” proposed by Valdman（2002）， from Piaget’s children cognitive development theory to the overlapping waves model by Siegler （1996）. The former only reflected the macro change and trend in population， while ignoring micro development and its diversity and difference， to some extent， which could not reflect the true fact of the children cognitive development. The later emphasized the unbalanced nature of children’s cognitive development and variability， recognizing the complexity of development from the microscopic perspective， including Dynamic System Theory in 21st century， which coincided with the nature of microgenetic approach and was contributed to the development of the method. It has also been shown to be applicable to people in different age： Infant， toddlers， school-age children， adolescents， and adult （Siegle
【Key words】microgenetic approach； Second Language Acquisition
Microgenetic approach was a kind of research method which has appeared in recent 20 years in the field of cognitive psychology and can be traced to 70 years ago， in which Vygotsky and Werner put forward the basic idea of Microgenetic analysis. This approach was mainly used to explore trajectory and mechanism of cognitive development and focus on the group or individual’s variability during development process.
Microgenetic approach has been proved to be applicable in various fields， such as cognitive science， social science， applied linguistics， pragmatics， as well as second language acquisition and has been used to study development in diverse content areas： language， arithmetic etc. The main reason was closely related to the continuous development of the theories， from Chomsky’ innate language acquisition dominated in second language acquisition to “learning language was just like to learn other cognitive skill” proposed by Valdman（2002）， from Piaget’s children cognitive development theory to the overlapping waves model by Siegler （1996）. The former only reflected the macro change and trend in population， while ignoring micro development and its diversity and difference， to some extent， which could not reflect the true fact of the children cognitive development. The later emphasized the unbalanced nature of children’s cognitive development and variability， recognizing the complexity of development from the microscopic perspective， including Dynamic System Theory in 21st century， which coincided with the nature of microgenetic approach and was contributed to the development of the method. It has also been shown to be applicable to people in different age： Infant， toddlers， school-age children， adolescents， and adult （Siegle