The acquisition of different language registers
Register: A style or way of using language that is appropriate for a particular setting.
• speaking and writing require different registers;
• the register used in writing a research report is different from that used in writing a letter to a friend
• They learn how written language is different from spoken language
• They learn how the language used to speak to the principal is different form the language of the playground
• They learn how the language of a science report is different form the language of a narrative
• Speaking the standard variety in school instead of the ethnic or regional variety that is spoken at home