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== Language acquisition ==

Language acquisition hascan twooccur types:in [[firstthree languageways: acquisition|'''first language acquisition'']], whichbi- occursand when a child learns native languagemultilingualism, and ''second language acquisition.''', which is concerned with the acquisition of foreign language.

'''First language acquisition''' is classified as the unconscious development of one's native language very early in development.

'''Bi- and multilingualism''' is the acquisition of two or more languages, which can be done at a young age or later in life. However, all languages are not created equal and one language is typically the dominant one.

'''Second language acquisition''' also sometimes known as 'further language acquisition' is the development of a different or foreign language after the native language has been fully developed. This acquisition is typically defined as one that occurs after puberty and into adulthood.

==Stages of Language Acquisition==

=== Teaching methods ===

Birth to 3 months: child makes organic sounds such as crying or cooing

3 months to 10 months: child enters the babbling stage

10 months to 1 year: child enters the holophrastic stage where the first comprehensive words are spoken

2-3 years: child uses interrogative and imperative phrases along with inflection and negation

3-4 years: child develops a vocabulary of around 1000 words

5 years: child has developed the main syntactic rules by this stage

Note: these stages will vary from child to child.

=== Common teaching methods for language acquisition===

# The Grammar Translation Method

# [[The Direct Method]]

# The Audio-Lingual Method

# The Silent Way

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==== The Grammar Translation Method ====

Also called 'classical method', this approach was historically used in teaching Greek and Latin and has now been generalized to teaching modern languages. This method aims to teach students foreign language by reading literature and learning grammar. This approach is taught in the students' mother tongue, with little use of the target language. It focuses on lists of vocabulary, and elaborate explanations of grammar. Little or no attention is given to pronunciation.

Also called 'classical method', this method aims to teach students foreign language by reading literature and learning grammar. In this method a) [[literary language]] is mostly used in comparison to the colloquial one, and reading and writing are primary skills; b) the interaction occurs between teacher and students, and the main role belongs to the teacher; c) the native language is mostly used in classroom, and if students have a problem with the meaning of words, translation should be performed; d) the written tests are organized to evaluate the students; e) if students make errors, teacher must supply them with the correct answers.

==== The Direct Method ====

This approach was developed in response to the grammar translation method to integrate more of the target language in the instruction. When the first teaching model lost its value to teach foreign language, the direct method began to play main role in teaching. The aim of this method is teaching communication –so students, who should think in the [[target language]], must speak in targetonly languagethe astarget soon as possiblelanguage. In the interaction, based on teacher-student and student-teacher, the teacher and students are like partners in teaching process, and lessons should contain some [[conversation]] activities; all four skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) are here emphasized in this method. Culture is also considered an important aspect of learning the language, and is taught inductively.

==== The Audio-Lingual Method ====

This method was developed in [[United States|USA]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], when there was huge demand of people who were able to speak in foreign language for military purposes. It is also based on the principles of behavior psychology, and has adapted many of the principles of the Direct Method.

This is an intensive method which enables the students to learn language and use it communicatively. Teacher's role here is like an [[orchestra leader]], that is, they must direct and control the students' language behaviour, and provide the students with a good model of imitation; target language is used in classroom; using dialogues remains the best way to learn new vocabulary and structures, which are learnt through imitation and repetition. There is a great emphasis on native-like pronunciation.

==== The Silent Way ====

InCreated Silentby WayCaleb teachingGattengo, should be subordinated to learning. Thethe aim of this method is to enable the students to express themselves in target language. In order to achieve that aim, the students shoulshould be independent from teacher – they must develop their own inner criteria for correctness. The purpose of this method is to provide a duration of spontaneous speech upon which the teacher and the students can work to obtain a similarity of melody to the one heard, providing melodic integrative schemata from the beginning.

As its name makes clear, the teacher remains silent in this method – the native language is only used for giving instructions about the pronuncuation or other parts of language, and the [[culture]] is accepted as an inseparable part of a language. Teacher assesses all the students according to their daily activities, not through formal tests. The errors should be seen as natural, and teacher uses students' errors as a basis for deciding where further work is necessary. The teacher concentrates on what the students say and how they say it, drawing attention to the differences in pronunciation and the flow of words.

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==== Community Language Learning ====

In this method counsellor orthe teacher, who must be skillful in the field of teaching language, must help students make themselves comfortable while learning foreign language. The aim of teachers is to convince their students that they are able to learn language communicatively. The syllabus is created by the students in this teaching method.

The instructor does not correct errors directly to create a low-anxiety environment that fosters the comfortability required to learn a new language. Students are allowed to speak in the target language, their native language or a mixture of the two.

The aim of teachers is to convince their students that they are able to learn language communicatively. The syllabus is created by the students in this teaching method.

The focus of this method is to focus on the communicative competence required to learn a language, rather than focusing on grammar.

==== Total Physical Response ====

This method aims to make students become motivated and enjoy their experience in learning to communicate in a foreign language. It combines information and skills through the use of the kinesthetic sensory system, allowing the student to assimilate information and skills at a fast rate.

The student is not required to speak in this method until they are comfortable and confident in their pronunciation. This method stresses understanding the spoken language before developing the skills of speaking. Once the method is introduced in native [[language]], this language should't be used in classroom. [[Pronunciation]] is developed through [[Listening behaviour types|listening]].

===Sources===

Hickey, Raymond. “Language Acquisition.” Language Acquisition, Feb. 2017, www.uni-due.de/ELE/LanguageAcquisition.htm.

Mora, Jill Kerper. “Second and Foreign Language Teaching Methods.” MoraModules, 2017, moramodules.com/ALMMethods.htm#The%20Grammar-Translation.

Once the method is introduced in native [[language]], this language should't be used in classroom. [[Pronunciation]] is developed through [[Listening behaviour types|listening]].

== See also ==