language acqusition

Children begin by imitating what they hear their parents say as best as they can, repeating random phrases. Parents do not punish the child for childish speech errors by not responding or correcting the error, but reward correct phrases by responding positively. As a child’s speech improves, parents respond more positively and less negatively. It is suggested that children imitate their parents at what they say for example 1a – Daaddy go 1b – He hitted …

…first language learning like walking is an innate capacity of human beings triggered by a level of development more than feedback from the environment. That is, so long as a child hears a language-any language- when they reach this critical period they will learn it perfectly. If this is true any child not hearing language during this period not only should not learn to speak but also should not be able to learn to speak.