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When starting learning English, Vietnamese learners will often meet with some difficulties caused by the influence of both external and internal factors. One of the most important internal factors that affect language acquisition is the age factor; therefore, finding the golden age for Vietnamese learners of English will contribute to declining some troubles that can meet for beginners. This study is performed based on a combination of qualitative methods and quantitative methods, which aims to provide the most accurate results in this issue. First, the qualitative methods are applied through searching, analyzing, and synthesizing some studies related to this topic on the Internet via two main websites, Google Scholar and Google Book. Second, the quantitative methods are executed through two main forms: online survey via Google Form and interview via Zalo and Messenger. Through the study, it is concluded that the golden age ranges from ages three to under 18 years old; in this period, people can reduce to the lowest level of the problems relating to four skills in English, especially listening and speaking skills. Besides, the study finds out that different ages of learning English would lead to differences in some respects like vocabulary learning speed, English listening comprehension, grammar knowledge, etc. |
