Question

Which is the first stage of language acquisition ?

• A. Early - Production
• B. Pre - Production
• C. Speech Emergence
• D. Advance Fluency

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Pre - Production

• Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to be understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.
• For example, if a baby hears the word "milk" often enough right before being fed from the bottle, he'll soon learn what that word means.
• Students learning a second language move through five predictable stages (Krashen & Terrell, 1983) : 
  1. Pre Production
  2. Early Production
  3. Speech Emergence
  4. Intermediate Fluency
  5. Advanced Fluency