Memory Language DevelopmentVersion en ligne Learn about How Do Children Learn Language? par Shirley Michelle Niquinga Toapanta Language Development Stage 1: Learning Sounds Infants can distinguish between language sounds and other noise. Language Development Stage 2: Learning Words. Language Development Stage 1: Learning Sounds They can put words in the correct order. Children are not learning words, exactly. They are actually learning morphemes,which are the smallest, discrete chunks words can be broken into. Language Development Stage 2: Learning Words. Language Development Stage 3: Learning Sentences Children continue to expand their vocabulary and develop more complex language. Language Development Stage 3: Learning Sentences Babies learn which phonemes belong to the language they are learning and which don’t. At this point, children are able to attach meanings to words.