ABSTRACT
Choosing a beginning point for teaching Children's Language Acquisition is a complex decision. Children's language acquisition is an area of linguistic study like any other; constituent parts can only be understood in the context of the full picture and the full picture can only be understood through the understanding of its constituent parts. The component to the language acquisition module deals with the teaching of reading and writing to young children. Whilst the acquisition of speaking skills is seen to be partly innate, reading and writing are artificial skills that need actively to be taught. A clear understanding of the acquisition of spoken language is made simple through the use of transcripts of real conversations between parents and children. These transcripts demonstrate how young children develop their abilities with language and then how they make their new-found skills work to their advantage.
