When learning something, the procedure takes time and practice. Sometimes it just takes more time for some people, depending on whatever the case may be. Learning English is a big procedure; this is one major step for a person to achieve. Everyone experiences problems that could delay the learning process, but what exactly could some factors be that could affect a person learning the English language.
Down syndrome individuals are born with brain abnormalities, which is already a setback for them learning English. Down syndrome is cause by excess of genetic material on chromosome 21. Down syndrome is noticeable after your one years old and the retarded language development affects further intellectual developments. Delayed language is identifiable at the age of 2. Delayed vocabulary development leads to further delay in the start of sentence formation. IQ scores are generally low in Down syndrome individuals. Information processing, attention, automatization and environmental adaptation are some things Down syndrome individuals struggle with. Down syndrome children have significant difficulties in auditory processing relative to visual processing. Short-term memory is impaired and auditory sequential processing is poor in. Down syndrome children are relatively strong in social adaptation skills. This could be a good attribute in becoming more interactive with other kids, increasing the practice in learning the fundamentals of English. So basically one defect affects more and more defects in future English developments, which stretches the amount of time it takes for Down syndrome individuals to learn speak and write English. I grew up with my cousin who had Down syndrome and watched the setbacks they go through. It's like everything they learn takes extra long and the older they get the easier it is to communicate because they've learned more over the years. .
Many people are set apart from one another by different dialects.
