Babies and Languages
An interesting lecture by Patricia Kuhl on the linguistic abilities of babies. There are implications for language learning in New Zealand where we start teaching second languages at the point where language acquisition skills start to decline.
Posted on February 25, 2011, in early childhood education, kids are awesome, language learning, linky awesomeness. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Fascinating! I found the information about social learning – as opposed to auditory or TV learning – particularly interesting. (I wonder too if that impacts on how the adult brain is best wired to learn language – that the listen-and-learn/ TV show approach, is sub-standard.)
Thank you for sharing that.
Many theorists would say that language can’t be acquired without the social interaction!