CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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: -We acquire languages when we can understand messages Learners need to be exposed to what Krashen calls ‘comprehensible input’ – that is, exposure to interesting and understandable listening and reading material. In Krashen’s view, we acquire languages when we understand messages.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 Interestingly, all children, no matter which language their parents speak, learn language in the same way. Overall, there are three stages of language development, which occur in a familiar pattern.

Detailed explanation-4: -Acquisition is the way we learn our first language, i.e. through being involved in real communication, and without formal teaching. As we learn, we hypothesise rules, and use these to communicate until we notice that the rule is different, or has exceptions.