Questions about the First Language Acquisition poster

What’s on the First Language Acquisition poster?

A 6-row table: Stage · Age · What happens. Typical ages. Wide individual variation is normal. Cooing — 2–4 months — Vowel-like sounds; Babbling — 6–9 months — Consonant-vowel repetition; First words — 10–15 months — Single words with meaning; Two-word stage — 18–24 months — 'more milk', 'daddy go'; Telegraphic — 2–3 years — Content words, few function words; Complex — 3–5 years — Clauses, questions, past tense. Over-regularisation — 'goed', 'foots' — is a sign of progress: the child has extracted the rule and is applying it.

Who is the First Language Acquisition poster for?

First Language Acquisition belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning how languages work can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the First Language Acquisition poster?

The order is remarkably consistent across languages. The timing varies widely and normally. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so First Language Acquisition belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with First Language Acquisition?

Bilingualism, Grammatical Case and Code-Switching sit alongside First Language Acquisition in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.BilingualismGrammatical CaseCode-Switching

Is the First Language Acquisition poster free to download and print?

Yes. First Language Acquisition downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the First Language Acquisition poster print at?

First Language Acquisition is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of First Language Acquisition loses nothing.Printing guide