When the child starts to pick up language? He starts earlier than most
of us think and end much later than we think too, because there is an end of
sound and grammar acquisition, but there is always some new world learn, therefore,
it is an ongoing process.
The child starts learning language by imitation he starts to experiment
with babbling, then he uses a one word sentence,
next a two word sentence, and later a whole sentence where he begins to expand
his language, that is not confined to speaking but to reading and writing skills.
Many scientists studied language acquisition and developed theories about vocabulary,
discourse, and grammar acquisition which is not just applicable in the English language
but also in other languages too. Literacy is not restrained in its use in
education or at work, it is part of our everyday life in malls, restaurants, and
even within the same families literacy practice is encouraged to help the child
to grasp and understand the use of language and to have confidence to deliver
his messages properly in written and spoken form, express his intentions and
personality according to the image he wants to deliver to the people around him.
The orthography system of the English has its downsides which cause some
difficulties that the child needs to overcome to have a good command over the language,
but it has its upsides that simplify the learning of this language. Currently English
is an international language that is not just used by native speakers but also
by non-native speakers , through the course of learning English there are different and
common problems that both speakers face.
The language was among the first inventions of the human being, it has
its various systems that represent every nation around the world in its culture
and accomplishment which have been passed on through generations, and allow the new generation to express his
own time by his own words which gives the language new words and uses, causing
the language to change constantly.
The theories about language acquisition
were an efforts of many scientist that study one language perspective at the
time grammar ,discourse…etc. and getting those bits and pieces into the jigsaw
of language acquisition gives us the big picture and its complexity and wondering