Second+Language+Acquisition

. The first language of a person is usually a natural but complex process where babies learn to communicate and engage in conversation. Children go from crying to talking in a few short years. Since the child usually learns the same language as his family, the process from babbling to words happens in about a year. By age two, the child has a large vocabulary and can communicate in conversations easily.

Second language acquisition is a more complicated process, especially since a child is learning a language different from what he hears at home. When a child is fluent in the first language, most are able to learn a new language quicker. ELL students go through six stages of language acquisition. These stages are as follows: pre-production, early production, speech emergent, begining fluency, intermediate fluency, and advanced fluency.

[]- This site list language development skills that are appropiate at certain ages from 6 months to 5 years old.

[]- This sight lists in detail the six stages of language acquisition.



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