A child who reaches the age of
surroundings) is a rare exception indeed.
(C) All this learning takes place without any formal teaching, as a result
of a child's innate language acquisition abilities and his exposure to the
language being used for communication around him. Without special lessons or
drills, he gains the basic control of his language. It is usually only when
he is five or six years old that society chooses to help him in an organized
consider language