Bilingual Environment Aids Babies' Language Capacity

[Francis Hult]

Fox News

 

Bilingual Environment Aids Babies' Language Capacity

 

Young children raised in bilingual homes have a greater ability to prolong their capacity to learn languages compared to other children, according to a study released Monday.

 

Earlier studies have shown that children have a special capacity for learning a second language, but this ability begins to disappear about when they have their first birthday.

 

Full story:

http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/08/29/study-bilingual-environment-aids-babies-language-capacity/

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