[Several years ago it became customary to talk about language acquisition(语言习得)in preference to "language learning", especially with reference to a first language.] The reason was that the process of language"acquisition"was viewed as a biological process
[Several years ago it became customary to talk about language acquisition(语言习得)in preference to "language learning", especially with reference to a first language.] The reason was that the process of language"acquisition"was viewed as a biological process of growth rather than as one of social learning or deliberate teaching.