CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Substratum. A substratum (plural: substrata) or substrate is a language that an intrusive language influences, which may or may not ultimately change it to become a new language. The term is also used of substrate interference; i.e. the influence the substratum language exerts on the replacing language.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ability to learn a new language is affected by the immigrants’ age at arrival, the linguistic distance between the native language and the host country language, reasons for migrating, and cognitive ability and education.

Detailed explanation-3: -In contemporary times, most theoreticians agree that language has arisen because of the interaction of three complex adaptive systems: biological evolution, human learning and through the acquisition and sustainment of human culture [6].

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three theories of language acquisition: cognitive, inherent, and sociocultural. Each theory has specific aspects that make each of them unique in its development of language.