Language is perceived as the way in which humans communicate through the use of spoken words, involving particular systems and styles in which we interact with each other (Oxford 2009). It is believed that possessing this ability to communicate through the use of language is a quintessential human characteristic (Pinker 2000). Learning a language, known as language acquisition, is something that every child can successfully do within a few years. Language acquisition itself is the development through which humans acquire the ability to perceive, produce, and use words to understand and communicate. This ability involves the acquisition of several skills including phonics, syntax and a large vocabulary. This language could be vocal as in speech or manual as in signs. Language acquisition usually refers to first language acquisition, which studies the acquisition of the native language by children, rather than second language acquisition, which deals with the acquisition, in both children and adults. adults, additional languages ​​(Wiki). Pinker believes that it is virtually impossible to show how children might learn a language unless they are assumed to have a considerable amount of non-linguistic cognitive machinery in place before they begin. Therefore heredity must be involved in language. However, children raised in different parts of the world acquire different language skills; therefore the environment must also be an essential factor. Therefore the main concern is how these factors interact during language acquisition (Pinker). What interests most scientists is how exactly children manage to profitably learn human language... middle of paper... . the topic from effective language learning and which can also confuse the conclusions. Since Genie's past was painful, one could say that here the ability to learn the language was limited due to his mental state. Other suggestions included that Genie was abnormal as brain scans had shown he was predominantly right-brained. Genie's case does not prove Lennebergs' "critical period" theory, but it strongly supports it. In conclusion, there is no distinct way in which children learn language. It is virtually impossible to show how children learn language without presupposing the factors that may need to be taken into account. This assumption should rely heavily both on the fact that some form of non-linguistic cognitive machinery must be in place before they begin, and on the fact that the effects of social and behavioral factors must also be taken into account...