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The phrase "acquisition a language" is not correct in English.
Did you mean "acquisition of a language"? You can use the corrected phrase when discussing the process of learning or obtaining a new language.
Example: "The acquisition of a language can be a complex and rewarding experience for many learners."
Alternatives: "learning a language" or "mastering a language".
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However, in this case, because therapists manifested concern with language acquisition, a language scientist was invited to participate of the dev-team.
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It is understood that language teaching and learning focus not only on acquisition of a language, but on the interaction and development of a holistic and intercultural identity (Scarino 2013).
The degree of fluency and age of acquisition of a language for a multilingual speaker [ 25, 26], and even the number of languages known, are also very important in determining the speed of semantic processing.
Given the way that the final state (e.g., knowledge of English) outstrips the data that are available to children, we can only postulate that the human mind brings to language acquisition a complex set of language-specific dispositions.
Several theories have been proposed to explain why some children have a selective problem in language acquisition, a condition known as specific language impairment (SLI).
Fast mapping thus appears to be mediated by general learning and memory mechanisms also found in other animals and not by a language acquisition device that is special to humans.
In the 1950s American linguist Noam Chomsky forcefully argued that, although children pick up the language and dialect they hear spoken around them, they must do so on the basis of prior grammatical knowledge, constituting a "language acquisition device" that they are presumably born with.
To my eternal chagrin, I became exceptionally busy that semester (working on a language acquisition project that had just taken off), and had no choice but to drop the class when I realized I wouldn't have time to write the required paper.
The vision is to cut down on the acquisition time to learn a language".
It is also consistent with the idea, which seems more plausible than the critical period hypothesis, that there is a sensitive period for language acquisition — a time, from roughly birth age 1 to age 6 or 7, in which language is acquired most easily and naturally, and when a native-like outcome is virtually guaranteed.
That is more than four times the rate for the general student population, according to the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition, a federally financed nonprofit organization.
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