Workshop: Language Acquisition

How does a person learn a language? What is the difference between learning a language from birth or starting at a later age? How can we overcome the struggle of learning a new language? For the final week of workshops, the teacher learned about the stages of language acquisition and myths and misconceptions surrounding second language acquisition.

Click the links below to see the resources used in class: 

• Five Stages of Language Development
• First Language Acquisition
• Communicative Competence 
• Do you Speak American?