Function of a language and how children use it as a tool
1. Social function
2. Develops four skills LSRW( listening, speaking, reading, writing)
3. Cultural function
4. Verbal interaction
5. The expressive function
6. Communicative approach : helps in understanding phonemes ( pronunciation), morphemes ( spellings ) and grammar
7. Aesthetic aspect: in the form of literature and other written records for the posterity ( future generation).
How children use it as a tool
Ø Children use a form of language to communicate their thoughts, needs , desire and express their feelings.
Ø They maintain their relation with the society and share their culture by interacting with the help of their language.
Ø They apply the words and sentences listened at places to communicate with others. They come across with their aesthetic values in the form of written records in terms of stories or poems.
