The Differences between Foreign Language Learning and First Language Learning and Their Inspirations

Foreign language learning always ends up with failure in spite of plenty of time and energy devoted to it.Moreover,the reform on foreign language teaching and learning has yielded a little.By constrasting the differences between foreign language learning and first language learning,the differences between first language and foreign language,the differences between first language learners and foreign language learners,the essence of the two language is analysed.And a conclusion is drawn that although the differences between the two languages exist,first language language and first langage thinking still play an essential part in foreign language learning,especially in the elementary level,and foreign language learners' dependence on first language cannot be avoided.How to utilize first language is a problem to be solved.