The Importance Of Language Acquisition

People learn language in many ways such as by acquiring and learning. Language acquisition is where people acquire language subconsciously, as well as to produces and use words and sentences to communicate. As noticed, children acquire their first language through interaction with their parents and environment surrounds them. Children start to speak even before they step into school. This suggest that it is through exposure to acquire language without the need of systematic studies of any kind. Meanwhile, language learning is a conscious process of learning a language with the need of systematic studies like in the school. Kids go to school and sit in the class follow the syllabus in the book to learn a language. This is a direct ad formal …show more content…
By acquiring language, people doesn’t need to go to formal class to learn language. For example, if language needed to be learn by learning, people need to pay for person to teach the language. They need to pay for the fees and books. In addition they might also pay for the addition homework that need to be print. It will cost too much. This is called systematic studies and formal studies. People will sit in class, open books and follow the syllabus to learn a language. However it will not be very effective for everyone. It is affordable for people from rich family, but people that are not have much money cannot afford to learn language by learning as it is cost too much just to learn a language. Learning a language by acquiring it is better as no money needed to be paid. People can just acquire language everywhere and anytime. Language learning in classroom does or will not work without a context in which one can practice and use the language. People actually need to be in the culture and society where that language is primarily used. It’s such a common sense, but the educational system doesn’t seem to address that as well, so it isn’t worth it to pay much money to learn a …show more content…
In language learning, people have conscious knowledge of the new language and can talk about the language knowledge. They can answer grammar test perfectly. However, research has shown that knowing grammar result does not ensure the person is good in speaking and writing. People who memorized language rules might be able to succeed on a standardized language test but may not be able to speak or write correctly. Learning language by acquisition ensure that people can speak and write correctly as they acquire language through communication. They also can communicate easily using the language. For example, person who learn a new word by acquisition can speak it correctly but if a person learn a word from a book, this will be a problem for them as they don’t know how to speak it correctly. This suggest that learning a language by acquisition is better as people learn the language and also learn how to use it. Acquisition ensure the learner to be very good in speaking and write the language as it is a communicative