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Stages of Language Acquisition
How We Learn to Communicate Across Time
Stages of Language Acquisition
The very essence of being human incorporates language. Language is the catalyst for humans to connect and understand each other. Without communication, limitations of human understanding would place invisible barriers that could jeopardize the intimacy and closeness that humans crave. Fortunately, we are born with a hard-wired ability to learn a language (Denahm & Lobeck, 2013). Language acquisition is acquired in stages, and learning a language is paramount to civilized communal living. (Denham & Lobeck, 2013).
Any disruption in a child’s environment can deter learning. For instance, children born into homes with extreme neglect will not follow the stages of development as they would in an environment where their needs are met (Denham & Lobeck, 2013). Therefore, language acquisition, the child’s context, and genetic factors are crucial to a child’s development.
The beginning stage of language acquisition is pre-talking (Hutauruk, 2015). Infants are exposed in utero and after birth to the sounds of adults speaking (Denham & Lobeck, 2013). Later, in the pre-talking stage, infants from birth to 6 months will start to coo. This is the first stage of learning vowel sounds such as “uh and “oh” (Hutauruk…
