The Language Acquisition

We are Home sapiens. We are able to communicate with languages. It is one of our natures. We were given with the oral power and ability the day we were born!

The matter of the language acquistion is about the opportunity and responsibility. If we were born in China, we would read and write in Chinese. We speak Chinese with the people around us. We watch Chinese TV, we set our mind in Chinese. The language is natural and invisible, it is part of us without a second thought.

But, if we want to become a Chinese literate, that's another story. We must study hard and control our minds. We must read as many good books written in Chinese as possible. We must make friends with good Chinese speakers. Then we can excel ourselves to become outstanding Home sapiens in linguistics.

Learning a foreign language is likewise. We make the best use of our opportunity to acquire the language, then we shoulder the responsility to perpetuate the essence, spirit and beauty of the langauge. We must set our mind, drill our tongue on contant basis, then we excel ourselves to become sophisticated Home sapiens to build up a diversified and colorful pluralistic society.

After studying so many foreign languages, I find the most challenging ones are children talk and intimate pillow talk in a foreign language, because of lack of resources and opportunies, of course. The road to langauge acquistion is straight forward. Use it or lose it, no matter if it is a mother tongue or an acquired one.