The learning of different languages has been very important from the very first stages of human race, due to the need of maintaining communication among different cultures. Nowadays, there are more than 3,000 languages...
Learning foreign languages has been a constant issue in the history of civilization. Taking into account the advances made in communication and technology during the 20th century, the learning of foreign languages has emerged as a pressing need for modern...
Language is something we take for granted in human beings, since most children are able to use it acceptably well by the age of 6. However, the acquisition of a language, either the first or the second one, is a highly complex phenomenon whose process...
Children learn most of their mother tongue before they are 6, before they can add 2 and 2, they can put sentences together, make interrogative and negative sentences, and use the basic rules of language...
The aim of this study is to provide a thorough account of what is known about the way people learn langua ges. A historical background will give a framework for general theories on learning from its origins to present-day trends, in an attempt to depict...