[lg policy] Bilingual Environment Aids Babies' Language Capacity

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From:  edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


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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