Scenario 1: Parenting and Language When and if you become a parent, how would you respond to your child’s grammar when conversing with the child? As a parent, I'd do my best to ensure my child would read and write English at an early age, setting them up for success in their years of schooling. There are milestones at each age group, which most educational systems follow. Around the age of 2, most kids can sing the ABCs song. By age 4, most kids can form coherent phrases. I would also teach my child different languages because of how important and beneficial it is to be multilingual. English would be the primary language, and I am more comfortable with English grammar rules so I could offer them some lessons outside their educational classes. When my child starts to utter their first words, I will monitor them closely to ensure they understand the word's meaning. If my child looks at his mother and calls her "Papa," I'd gently take the child's hand and point to me and say, "I'm Papa." I'd reward correct grammar with encouragement, clapping, and making happy noises so that the child associates positive feedback
with proper grammar. When I was younger, I benefited from taking English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes, so I would coordinate with my children's teachers to see the best option for them. My goal for my child would be to be ahead of the learning curve, reading and writing at a higher age level, having control over the morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of the English language.
