What is language learning and development?

Language development is thought to proceed by ordinary processes of learning in which children

acquire the forms, meanings, and uses of words and utterances from the linguistic input. Children
often begin reproducing the words that they are repetitively exposed to.

What do you mean by language learning?

Language learning is an active process that begins at birth and continues throughout life.
Students learn language as they use it to communicate their thoughts, feelings, and experiences,
establish relationships with family members and friends, and strive to make sense and order of
their world.

Aims and scope

Language Learning and Development (LL&D) serves as a vehicle for interaction among the
broad community of scholars and practitioners who investigate language learning, including
language learning in infancy, childhood, and across the lifespan; language in both typical and
atypical populations and in both native- and second-language learning. LL&D welcomes
scholars who pursue diverse approaches to understanding all aspects of language acquisition,
including biological, social, and cross-cultural influences, and who employ experimental,
observational, ethnographic, comparative, neuro-scientific, and formal methods of investigation.

It seeks to examine language development in all of its many guises. Among the many issues
LL&D explores are biological versus environmental factors in language development; learning
in humans versus animals; learning of signed versus spoken language; computer models of
learning; and how neuro-technology and visualization of the brain inform our understanding of
language learning and development.

Five predictable stages: Preproduction, Early Production, Speech Emergence, Intermediate

Fluency, and Advanced Fluency (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).

What is an example of language learning?

For example, a child may correctly learn the word "gave" (past tense of "give"), and later
on use the word "gived". Eventually, the child will typically go back to using the correct word,
"gave".

What are the goals of language learning?

Language learning has various goals most of which are determined by the individual. Other
reasons are universal. The overall teaching goals include self-development, cognitive abilities,
and as a means of communicating with individuals from various backgrounds.
 What are the principles of language learning?
Principles of Language Learning:
 COGNITIVE PRINCIPLES.
 Automaticity.
 Meaningful Learning.
 Anticipation of Rewards.
 Intrinsic Motivation.
 Strategic Investment.

How does language development affect learning?

It supports the ability of your child to communicate, and express and understand
feelings. It also supports your child's thinking ability and helps them develop and
maintain relationships. Language development lays the foundation for the reading and
writing skills in children as they enter and progress through school.
What are the 5 stages of language development?
Students learning a second language move through five predictable
stages: Preproduction, Early Production, Speech Emergence, Intermediate
Fluency, and Advanced Fluency (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).