... There is also the situation of what happens if either the child or the "caretaker/s" are deaf, how this disability affects the learning process. A factor that should also be considered is that what if the "caretaker" speech is simplified or not and how this affects the development of language. The theory of Imitation is often quoted as one of the main ways children learn how to speak, and although this is one of the processes children go through, and children are often reminded of the first word they spoke and in some situations it can be embarrassing for both the parents and children if the first word is a swear word which would have been picked up by the child repeating something they had heard in "adult" conversation. However due to the ineffectiveness of correction, where when children start to string sentences together and they come out with things ...

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