Editing Spoken language (section)

==Acquiring spoken language==
Hearing children acquire as their [[first language]] the language that is used around them, whether vocal, [[Cued speech|cued]] (if they are sighted), or signed. Deaf children can do the same with Cued Speech or sign language if either visual communication system is used around them. Vocal language are traditionally taught to them in the same way that written language must be taught to hearing children. (See [[oralism]].)<ref name="5 minute linguist">{{cite web|last=Rickerson |first=E.M. |title=What's the difference between dialect and language? |url=http://spinner.cofc.edu/linguist/archives/2005/08/whats_the_diffe.html?referrer=webcluster& |work=The Five Minute Linguist |publisher=College of Charleston |access-date= October 23, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219070627/http://spinner.cofc.edu/linguist/archives/2005/08/whats_the_diffe.html?referrer=webcluster& |archive-date= December 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wie-sagt-man-noch.de/language/all-languages.html |title=Languages Facts |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024022550/http://www.wie-sagt-man-noch.de/language/all-languages.html |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Teachers give particular emphasis on spoken language with children who speak a different primary language outside of the school. For the child it is considered important, socially and educationally, to have the opportunity to understand multiple languages.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Clay |first=Marie M. |title=Record of oral language: observing changes in the acquisition of language structures: a guide for teaching|location=Auckland, New Zealand |publisher=Global Education Systems|isbn=978-0-325-07457-3|oclc=989724897|date=30 April 2015}}</ref>