GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Children acquire language through interaction-not only with their parents and other adults, but also with other children. All normal children who grow up in normal households, surrounded by conversation, will acquire the language that is being used around them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Anyone at any age can learn a second language after a first language is already established, but it takes a lot of practice. Second language acquisition often happens when a child who speaks a language other than English goes to school for the first time.
Detailed explanation-3: -The acquiring process of the first language is very rapid while the learning process of the second language can vary from language to language and from person to person, but can never be as rapid as the first language acquisition. The first language is ‘acquired’ and the second language is ‘learned’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mother-tongue refers to one’s native language or parent language. ("mother tongue, ” 2015). Mother-tongue interference refers to the influence of the native language of the learner on her/his acquisition of the target language. What we mean by the target language is the language the learner is aiming to learn (L2).