Bailment describes a legal relationship in common law where physical possession of personal property, or a chattel, is transferred from one person (the bailor) to another person (the bailee) who subsequently has possession of the property.
language acquisition. the process of learning a native or a second language. The acquisition of native languages is studied primarily by developmental psychologists and psycholinguists.
In this article, I will provide an overview to the stages of language acquisition, and offer strategies designed to support ELL instruction at different stages of language acquisition. Researchers define language acquisition into two categories: first-language acquisition and second-language acquisition. First-language acquisition is a universal process regardless of home language. Babies listen to the sounds around them, begin to imitate them, and eventually start producing words.