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Science of Bilingualism
The New York Times Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language by Perri Klass, M.D. Published: October 10, 2011 Findings: Researchers at the University of Washington found that up to 12 months, both monolingual and bilingual infants could discriminate between … Continue reading
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Language is good. More languages better.
Watch this You tube Does Learning Languages Make Kids Smarter?uploaded by tvoparents. How many languages can a child learn at once? Is there a ‘window’ of opportunity, or can they learn multiple languages at any time? And what are the … Continue reading
The Linguistic Genius of Babies
At TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and “taking statistics” on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) … Continue reading
