CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Language is a means of communication. It is one of the gifts to the human beings. It is primarily an instrument of communication among human beings in a community. A human language is a signaling system which operates with symbolic vocal sounds, and which is used by some groups of people for the purpose of communication and social cooperation. It is a social phenomenon used in our society to establish the relationship among the human beings to communicate with each other. Language is the process of transmitting the message through speaker to receivers. People exchange their feelings and emotions through the use of it. Language is defined as "a voluntary vocal system of human communication which has the unique structure due to its structural and organizational pattern. The classical or structural linguistics have described the concept of the organization of a language in different ways than in present once. Language has been playing an important role in transmitting the message from history, culture and religion from one generation to another (Crystal (1994, p. 212). The process of language learning differs from situation to situation. A child learns his/her first language automatically in a natural setting without any formal teaching of it. No any conscious effort is required on the part of the child to acquire his/her first language. The only thing s/he requires is the exposure to the natural use of the language. Except in the case of some kind of physical disabilities 1