The role and importance of age factor in second language acquisition

Abstract

In modern conditions, the issues of studying English are becoming more and more important. This language is international, acts as the leading means of intercultural and interlingual communication, serves as a means of constructing global identity and is the most studied foreign language in the world. It is not surprising that in such conditions, English as a discipline is mandatory for study both at school, college, and university. Meanwhile, it has been repeatedly noted that many study English, but only a few really speak it well. Despite the fact that the importance of good language training in modern conditions is recognized by everyone, a person with a non-linguistic education who speaks English well is not a very common phenomenon in our country.

Nowadays, linguodidactics is actively searching for effective methods of mastering the English language. Moreover, the concept of "effective way" includes the concept of "fast way", since the accelerating pace of life in the 21st century does not allow a person to systematically study English for several years, counting on a possible result, which in the future may not be. A modern person needs a result immediately, already on the go. By a result on the go is meant, of course, not fluency, but at least the ability to express oneself on everyday topics in the simplest situations of social interaction in English. The same didactic methods and techniques can be effective in one situation and ineffective in another condition.