VOCABULARY LEARNING IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: A LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WORDS KNOWLEDGE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Autor(i)

  • Ravnil Narayan School of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
  • Prashneel Goundar School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, NSW, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejfl.v8i1.5181

Ključne riječi:

words development, vocabulary acquisition, ELT classrooms, child

Sažetak

Acquiring vocabulary represents one of the highly pivotal skills that is required for teaching and learning a second or foreign language from early childhood days. It forms a basis towards the development of all other necessary skills such as writing, reading, listening, pronunciation, and spelling. More imperatively, words development is a crucial tool for learners during the early childhood age in their quest to use the English language effectively. Because of its function, vocabulary development tends to harness other aspects which include cognitive, social, and literacy development. It is posited that parents should always pay closer attention to these developments, as it forms the rudiments for language learning processes. Of all, spoken communication is the most effective form of communication as it contributes towards words development to a sustainable level. Hence, this paper will delve into pertinent literature that is associated with words development in early childhood, and how it enhances all other associated facets that are related to it.

 

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Biografije autora

  • Ravnil Narayan, School of Foreign Languages, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Ravnil Narayan is a PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. As a former Lecturer of Language and Communications at the Fiji National University’s School of Communication, Languages & Literature, and a high school English language teacher, Narayan’s area of interest lies in the fields of sociolinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, pragmatism, semiotics, second language acquisition, and e-language learning education. He holds a MATESL, PGDTESL, BEd, DSE, DPVL and DHL qualifications. Also, as a former ad hoc translator with AQEP AusAid (Fiji), Narayan is a columnist with The Fiji Times and has published articles in the ranked journals, including book reviews, book chapters, and memoirs. He is on the editorial board of reviewers for Journal of International Linguistics Research, Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Journal, and Canadian Journal of English Language Teaching. Hailing from the beautiful islands of Fiji in the South Pacific, he can be contacted on ravnilnarayan@gmail.com His Google Scholar is linked herein: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=U1EcqeQAAAAJ&hl=en

  • Prashneel Goundar, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, NSW, Australia

    Dr. Prashneel Ravisan Goundar is an Honorary Associate in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Australia. Dr Goundar is the author of Pursuing Divinity in Paradise (2020), In Simple Words (2017), and Writing and Publishing in Fiji (2018) an edited volume. Prashneel graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics from University of New England through the RTP International PhD scholarship funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government. He serves on the Editorial Board of Language Teaching Research, English Language Teaching, and the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education. His research interests are of interdisciplinary nature that sits across the three, distinct yet interrelated, fields of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Educational Linguistics. Goundar’s publications include research papers, books, book chapters, newspaper articles, and reviews. His Google Scholar is linked herein: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kWtSVK8AAAAJ&hl=en

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