CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the book “Study of language” Yule (2010) acquisition is defined as “the gradual development of ability in a language by using it naturally in communicative situations with others who know the language.” (p. 187).

Detailed explanation-2: -Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.

Detailed explanation-3: -Language acquisition is ‘the gradual gaining of the linguistic, socio-linguistic and pragma-linguistic systems of a language’ (3); it leads to considerable variability across skill domains. In contrast, language development refers to ‘the deliberate optimising of communication skills already gained’ (4).

Detailed explanation-4: -For example, children who grow up in a house where parents speak only English language will acquire only English. However, children who grow up in a bilingual household (say French and English) will learn both languages.

Detailed explanation-5: -For example, if an English-speaking person tries to learn Spanish by taking Spanish classes in a local community college in their town, they are learning Spanish. If this person, instead, moves to Mexico, where Spanish is the language of daily life, then they are acquiring the Spanish language.