{"id":1,"date":"2020-04-06T14:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/professortoto.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-04-29T21:27:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T21:27:31","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professortoto.com\/development\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Think Your Child is Too Young to Learn A Language?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The answer might surprise you!<\/p>\n
As it turns out, babies as young as 6 months can start differentiating between sounds in multiple languages. In a wildly watched TED talk<\/a>, Patricia Kuhl explores what she calls the \u201clinguistic genius of babies.\u201d According to her research, not only can babies differentiate between languages, the practice is actually incredibly beneficial to their development.<\/p>\n Children are like sponges; built to constantly absorb new information. Their brains are focused on the basics of language acquisition<\/a> and social-emotional learning and not cluttered by abstract thinking and concerns. This mean that your three year old\u2019s ability to take in and learn a second language actually far surpasses yours! In fact, repeated studies have shown that this window of learning actually begins to close around age 11. At that point, it becomes much more difficult to pick up additional languages.<\/p>\n Consider your own memory. Sure, you likely find yourself struggling to remember the name of the neighbor you met last week but we\u2019re willing to wager you can quickly recall the lyrics to your favorite song. A young child\u2019s brain operates in much the same way, only faster. By presenting a new language through lessons based in songs, rhymes, and melodies; children quickly grasp the basics of almost any language that\u2019s presented to them.<\/p>\n