CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they don’t mean learning while you sleep. Rather, they are talking about one of the most intriguing of all mental phenomena: the ability to learn the complex and subtle regularities that underlie a language without even realising.

Detailed explanation-2: -Children acquire language through a natural, subconscious process during which they are unaware of grammatical rules. This happens especially when they acquire their first language(s). They repeat what is said to them and get a feel for what is and what is not correct.

Detailed explanation-3: -Language acquisition is a “subconscious process identical to the process children utilize in acquiring their first language.” On the other hand, learning a language is “a conscious process that results in ‘knowing about’ [the rules of the] language."

Detailed explanation-4: -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.