Over the course of the past eight weeks we have covered a lot of material, and with each module I learned something new. Picking just one module to discuss proved to be a difficult task, but ultimately I have chosen to discuss module eight. In module eight we discussed the acquisition of language by children. This topic is relevant to my daily and work life as well as to my major. I work for a public library in the children’s department, and I believe reading can have a significant effect on a child’s development of language. Reading to a child can expose them to words, phrases and sentence structures that they otherwise may not hear. Reading also inspires a child’s imagination: a child will pick up a book and start creating their own story
