Introduction: The acquisition of language is different from language learning which is used with reference to a second language which a person learns purposefully; particularly in formal settings like school etc. The researchers like Littlefair (1991), Dockrell and Messer (1988), and Widdowson, (1978) found a demarcation line between language acquisition and languagelearning and used the expression of first language acquisition in contrast with second language learning, but many researchers and theorists don’t distinguish between the two. Farzan(2000) for instance, treated language acquisition as a purely stylistic alternate to language learning. The four main skills of the English language are reading, listening, speaking, and writing. A person needs a mastery of various elements to use the language to reflect thoughts, desires, intentions , feeling and information in a written form (Pamela, 1991).The four basic English language skills are divided into two categories such as receptive skills and productive skills. Reading and listening are considered receptive skills whereas speaking and writing are known as productive skills.
Writing is one of the four basic skills. The students start learning to communicate through written form as they begin to interact with others at school level. The writing skill is more complicated than that of other language skills. Even sometimes a native speaker of the English language may experience complication in an intricate and problematic
The problem doesn’t lie in the length of their sentences or the number of their syllables. It lies in the absence of precision, the paucity of ideas, and the evasion of every species of argument. " It is important to understand this document because it is the address
Language/literacy development "is often defined as a system of symbols, spoken, written, and gestural that enables us to communicate with one another" (Martoz pg. 40). There are two types of language used, receptive and expressive language. Receptive language is defined as "understanding words that are heard" (Martoz pg. 40). Although young children often understand concepts, relationships of actions and words, and words themselves doesn 't mean that the young child has the words and vocabulary to communicate those concepts and words. Expressive language is defined as "words used to verbalize thoughts and feelings" (Martoz pg. 40).
By providing Mrs. Tan’s speech, Tan demonstrates to her readers how her mother’s English is not perfect in a grammatical sense, but it is understandable. The audience gets the impression that Tan’s mother speaks in “broken” English, but it is understandable at what is she trying to say. As well as having a greater understanding on how Tan felt angry when some people labeled Mrs. Tan unworthy to listen to because she had difficulty speaking English.
The excessive control of one’s language, brings the effect of Linguistic relativity; where the words included in one’s language can affect the speaker’s view of society and
but it remains one of the worlds more widely known languages.
Believe it or not, the essay “English is a Crazy Language,” does not contain all the confusing parts of the English language. When used in a sentence some words may look the same but sound completely different. For example, you can desert your dessert in the desert. You may also shed a tear
Richard Rodriguez had written a book that people could relate to especially if their parents weren’t originally from the United States. When I encountered the passage “-it was unsettling to hear my parents struggle with English” (27). It reminded me of how my mother who originally grew up and lived in the Philippines and struggles with English when she speaks fast. Growing up I began to notice that she made grammatical errors that would often confuse me. My dad didn’t stay in the Philippines as long as my mum did but even he has mispronunciations time to time when I talk to him.
It took me a lot of exposure to the English language to understand that not everything that sounds correct is the correct grammatical structure. Many ELL students face this situations because teacher do not take their time to explain ELL students English grammar structures.
When this happens words that do not seem important are not comprehended leaving the result of not all information being gathered completely. When not all information is gathered, when that person relays it to someone else it can become mixed up even more and if that second hand
Language is perhaps the most defining feature of human nature, and it is the human ability to communicate thoughts, feelings, and experiences that serves as the foundation for cultures across the world. Language is intrinsically tied to a sense of self—determining with whom we are able to interact with on a person-to-person basis, what knowledge and media we are able to consume, and linking us to past and present communities that share our language.
Furthermore, language helps to construct communities and preserves origins, particularly in reference to place. For example, each of the six Iroquoian-speaking tribes of the Haudenosaunee has a unique name which evokes a knowledge about the defining characteristic of each tribe (Harris & Johnson
While at a public speaking, Tan realized that she was using all these large words that her audience understood but her mother did not. “I was saying things like, “The intersection of memory upon imagination” and “There is an aspect of my fiction that relates to thus–and-thus…the forms of English I did not use at home with my mother” (Tan 58). Tan’s mother was in the room while Tan was giving the speech and that was when she realized that language could be a powerful tool that can connect each other in different ways. The English language can also bring people together who speak English but not in such a common way. “We were talking about the price of new and used furniture and I heard myself saying this: “Not waste money that way” (Tan 58).
Research Questions
From the literature review, it was established that there were several factors affecting language learning and acquisition. More specifically, it was revealed that factors such as exposure at an early age, motivation, attitudes, incentives and educational system can influence language acquisition. However, most of the research were conducted in the west and were focused on students as subjects to the study and foreigners working in the country where they need to learn the language to lengthen their range of employment opportunity.
It is very important to have effective communication when developing positive relationships with children, young people and adults.
When developing positive relationships with children and young people it is important to ensure that communication is effective as this will help to ensure that the environment that you are in will be a calm and happy place. Also if a child responds to the communication that is given then this will create trust and honesty between themselves and adults and other children. When trying to create effective communication, if a child or young person does not respond to communication with others this could affect their leaning and social skills, it could also mean that they could be hiding something that could be very
