Hi, friends!

This module discuss about language 
acquisition and language learning.

The factors influencing the acquisition 
of a language,

like the learner factors, environmental 
factors and infrastructural factors

are dealt in detail.

Acquisition and learning.

Language acquisition is the process by
which humans acquired the capacity to

perceive and comprehend language. As well
as to produce and use language.

Acquisition is implicit and subconscious
which take place in an informal situation.

According to Stephen Christian 1985, 
language acquisition does not require

extensive use of conscious grammatical 
rules and tedious drill.

Acquisition requires meaningful 
interaction in the target language,

natural communication in which speakers
are connected,

not with the form of their entrances but
with the messages they are convenient

and understanding.

Language acquisition encompasses the 
development of

four interdependent systems.

Pragmatic: communicative use of language
in a social context;

Phonological: perception and production of
sounds to form words;

Semantics: processing of meaning

and grammatical use of syntactic and
morphological rules to combine words

into meaningful sentences.

The phonological and grammatical systems
constitute the language form.

The pragmatic system describes

how language should be adapted

to specific social situations

in order to convey emotions

and reinforce meaning.

The term acquisition is used for L1

and the term learning is associated
with L2.

Children acquire language through a 
subconscious process

during which they are unaware of 
grammatical rules,

that is no deliberator for to learn the
language.

They pick up language in informal 
situations.

Language acquisition is implicit, and
effortless as meaningful communication

occurs in natural environment.

While communicating the message in the
text is given more important

rather than the form.

... connected through feedback or
when they hear the correct usages.

Later on, they can cut it themselves

when they become masters of linguistic
generalizations.

They will be confident in using the 
language in the real life situations.

Language learning is explicit and
conscious

and takes place in a formal situation.

The rules of the language are taught
directly

and learning is the product of formal
instruction.