Saturday, September 10, 2011

Hearing Bilingual: How Babies Sort Out Language

Here is an excellent article from the New York Times that describes the amazing ability of a baby growing up in a bilingual home.  The babies are able to distinguish between the two languages and understand that those languages are associated with their home.  The babies are also able to tell just from silent videos which language is being spoken.  For more information see the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/health/views/11klass.html?_r=2

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