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    Children acquire their first language through a subconscious process of picking up grammatical rules, as opposed to direct language instruction. The document then outlines 10 stages of first language acquisition from birth to age 10: 1) crying, 2) cooing, 3) babbling, 4) intonation patterns, 5) one-word utterances, 6) two-word utterances, 7) word inflection, 8) questions and negation, 9) rare and complex constructions, and 10) mature speech.

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    Children acquire their first language through a subconscious process of picking up grammatical rules, as opposed to direct language instruction. The document then outlines 10 stages of first language acquisition from birth to age 10: 1) crying, 2) cooing, 3) babbling, 4) intonation patterns, 5) one-word utterances, 6) two-word utterances, 7) word inflection, 8) questions and negation, 9) rare and complex constructions, and 10) mature speech.

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    Children acquire their first language through a subconscious process of picking up grammatical rules, as opposed to direct language instruction. The document then outlines 10 stages of first language acquisition from birth to age 10: 1) crying, 2) cooing, 3) babbling, 4) intonation patterns, 5) one-word utterances, 6) two-word utterances, 7) word inflection, 8) questions and negation, 9) rare and complex constructions, and 10) mature speech.

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    First Language

    Acquisition(FLA)
    Difference between Acquisition and
    Learning
    Children acquire language through a
    subconscious process during which they are
    unaware of grammatical rules. This happens
    especially when they acquire their
    first language(s). ... Language learning, on
    the other hand, is the result of direct
    instruction in the rules of language.
    Stages of FLA

     1. Crying
     2. Cooing
     3. Babbling
     4. Intonation patterns
     5. One-word utterance
     6. Two-word utterance
     7. Word inflection
    Stages of FLA

     8. Questions negation

     9. Rare and complex constructions

     10. Mature speech


    Stages of FLA


    1. Crying Birth
     An infant crying in the night
     An infant crying for the light
     And with no language but a cry (Tennyson)
    A preparatory stage
     Exercise of vocal cords
    Stages of FLA

     2. Cooing 6 weeks

     Sounds like twittering of birds

     Exercise of speech articulators


    Stages of FLA

     3. Babbling 6 months
     To produce sounds having no meaning
     Optimism of mothers
     Combination of consonant and vowel
     E.g. ma ma , di di, ba ba etc.
     Early babbling stage
     Late babbling stage
    Stages of FLA

    4. Intonation Patterns 8 months

    Mother thinks her child can understand


    her speech
    Stages of FLA

     5. One-word utterance 1 year

     Meaning is conveyed in one word

     E.g. office , milk etc.


    Stages of FLA

    6. Two-word utterance 18 months

    Full meaning is conveyed in two words

    E.g. papa office, mama kitchen etc.


    Stages of FLA

    7. Word inflection 2 years

    Increased vocabulary

    Use of prepositions

    Use of plural forms etc.


    Stages of FLA

     8. Questions negation 2 ½ years

     Are you not coming?

     Hasn’t the postman come yet? Etc.


    Stages of FLA

     9. Rare and complex structures 5 years

     Childrenutter some sentences which


    surprise everybody

     Example:
    Stages of FLA

    10. Mature speech 10 years

    Speech becomes fully mature with


    enhanced vocabulary, and enhanced
    knowledge of syntax, phonology, and
    semantics

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