Language Acquisition Essay

Stages of language obtainment

Yule, G (1996) says that all common children learn language such as speaking and listening about at the same time and have a similar timetable(1). Because most of the parents will teach their babies how to use their limbs, such as climbing, sitting, walking and clapping; etc., and it has been indicated that the language obtainment timetable has the same basis as the naturally decisive growth of motor skills. This natural stage is connected closely to the maturing of the baby’s brain. If there are some common natural programs in language obtainment, it should be interacted with the social activities in their infancy. We could believe that the children have the natural abilities to deal with identifying some facets of parents’ speech at distinct periods of their childhood. These learning abilities necessitates the parents’ adequately steady to teach their children from the foundations of patterns in the different language.

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(1) Yule, G (1996) The Study of Language, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, 176.

Question 3

Stages in Language Acquisition

“Rome was not built in a day”. Fromkin, et al (2003) says that children learn grammar through some processes (2). They begin by babbling, then acquire their first words, and put words together into sentences.

Some observations on the children’s language acquisition in the world reveal that their stages are almost universal. Some stages last for a short time; others remain longer. Some may overlap for a short period, though the transition period is always sudden.

Linguists study the child’s production and comprehension by recording their spontaneous and purposefully elicit utterances. Researchers also invented ingenious techniques for ...

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...ommunication behavior.

i. Mainly to establish social connections and negotiating relationships

ii. Like use “Rapport style” to communicate with others

e.g. Sharing similarities and matching experiences in order to bond each other

iii. Like use “Private speaking style” to communicate with others

e.g. Women like private speaking to share their feeling or experiences where they feel comfortable, such as in the office’s pantry

v. Jobs which more suitable for women

e.g. Hotel receptionist, such as dealing with people and answering enquiries

Para 5 (Conclusion)

Lastly, I concluded that woman and men communicate differently. Since women feel comfy with private speaking and like rapport-talk while men feel comfy with public speaking and like report-talk.

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Tannen, D (1990) You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation, New York: Morrow, 111–12.