My Own Language Development Story

 As a child my first words were 'mummy' and 'daddy' and I also used to use shorter nicknames for my younger brother. There were no concious decisions behind my own language development however my parents did read to me when I was younger and my favourite books were Disney ones I had as a child, including 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Snow White'. My earliest memories of reading was when my parents used to read to me before bed or when I had to read to them, nearly every day, using books supplied from primary school. I believe that Chall's reading stages have some relevance towards my own language development as I started reading short stories around 7 however this was to improve my own ability to read, not to gain any new information.