Factors Helping Children Learn Their Native Tongue

Factors Helping Children Learn Their Native Tongue

There are many factors as to how a child may be able to learn their

native tongue at a very young age. Each of these factors has

advantages and disadvantages in a child’s learning to speak their

native tongue and some are more effective than others. This essay will

discuss each of these factors and how important they are. Some of the

factors that will be included in this essay are the children imitating

their parents, being taught by their parents, interaction with adults

and the child’s ability to work out the rules of grammar.

It has been said that in their development of language, children begin

to make sounds or say words by imitating what they hear. This is often

by trying to say what their parents say, including pronunciation of

the words and sounds, which also plays a part in a child’s acquisition

of phonology. This is an important factor in a child’s learning to

speak because through this the children could learn to make their

first sounds, and also learn the rel...