Examples Of Language Acquisition

Language acquisition is defined as the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. The process of language acquisition is the same not mattering the language being learned. In order to acquire language successfully one must use the elements that are developed in different stages of this process. The elements are phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The typical language acquisition is believed to start before birth, when the baby is still in the mother’s womb. The baby pays attention to the mother’s voice and this is why when he or she is born the baby is able to recognize the mother’s voice. Then, between new born and …show more content…
There are cases when the language acquisition is delayed, not always meaning that the child has a severe problem. This is why there are therapies to help children with his or her language development. An example of a child without a severe problem may include a child that is in an environment where there are more than one language being spoken, this may cause the child to delay in the language acquisition because of confusion to different languages. There are a variety of reasons a child may have delayed language acquisition, another example is if the child has some type of brain trauma from birth or an injury then this will definitely affect the brain’s functioning and the typical process won’t occur. In this case, the child may need assistance in order to gain some type of language acquisition, with the possibility of never arriving to the last …show more content…
It is a difficult task to learn a second language, but the easiest moment to do this is when the students are young. The problem with second language acquisition is that this moment begins at any moment of a child’s life, unlike normal language acquisition which beings before birth. The first stage of second language acquisition is the silent stage, where the student usually takes on a receptive role. The student might have a vocabulary of 500 words or less but is not ready to use them yet. The student may repeat a lot of what he or she hears and may use body language to communicate. The second stage is where the student develops his or her active vocabulary; he or she starts to chunk up one or two phrases and begins to speak. In the third stage, the student will be able to use simple phrases to communicate. The fourth stage is when the student begins to use more compound sentences. At this stage the student should be able to learn things such as math, reading, and science at grade level with support from the teacher. Lastly, stage five is reached after the student has been exposed to the language between five to ten