Understanding language from a baby's perspective

The most capable “language learners” are very young children. In fact, according to language acquisition studies, language and communication begin when babies respond to sounds while still in the womb.

After birth, the mother’s already familiar voice often soothes a young baby.

The reactions are detailed in pulse, respiration, and with changes in bodily movement. The first sounds a baby makes are to express comfort and discomfort.

The National Capital Language Resource Center (2007) considers grammar as central to the teaching and learning of languages. It is also one of the most challenging aspects of language to teach. Hence, to every language teacher, teaching grammar is a sine qua non to a successful language teaching experience.

On the day you were born, you had no paper to write on the name given to you by your parents. Your sole means of talking to the world (for the first time) was to cry. Hardly did the people around you get exactly the intention of a baby crying. While all babies have some normal fussy crying every day. When this occurs over 3 hours per day, it's called colic. Perhaps, this could be what it meant.