Questions

 1. What is language acquisition? 

2. How do children learn a language? 

3. How does the language acquisition process work for monolingual, bilingual and deaf children? 

4. How does the language acquisition process vary between a monolingual and a bilingual child? 

5.What information is learned and what information is not learned during the language acquisition process? 

6.What are the stages children pass through in the process of language acquisition? Describe each one. 

7.To what elements of human language do newborns respond and what sounds can they perceive? 

8. How is the process of language acquisition for a deaf child and what are the stages they pass through? 

9.What linguistic elements are taken into account as a basis for second language acquisition? 

10. What are the differences between a child and an adult learning a second language?