# The Nature of Language and How It Is Learned

With work paper

Writer, Theodore B. Karp; educational consultant, Charles A. Ferguson

Discusses the nature of language, how it is learned, and the validity of the oral approach to teaching. Presents examples of speech from all over the world, revealing how differently languages function in sound system, grammar and lexical development; compares speech to writing; stresses the formation of new language habits

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1962
- By: Modern Language Association of America, Center for Applied Linguistics, Teaching Film Custodians
- Genres: Education, Nature, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/thenatureoflanguageandhowitislearned)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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