The way language develops, is expressed, and received varies from one child to another because the influences of language are unique to each child’s culture, their caregivers, and their interactions with individuals in their environment.

The way language develops, is expressed, and received varies from one child to another because the influences of language are unique to each child’s culture, their caregivers, and their interactions with individuals in their environment. Discuss the stages of language development. In your discussion, identify each stage and provide an example.

Consider how language develops for children who are dual language learners or multilingual (bilingual or multilingual). Discuss how language develops for bilingual children. In your discussion make sure to address simultaneous and successive acquisitions. Based on your understanding of language development provide one strategy early educators can use in the classroom to encourage language development that would work for all children (including bilingual children, dual language learners).