Please watch the video below and answer the following questions.
VIDEO
https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies/up-next#t-105577
QUESTIONS
- Why can we preserve a language only by speaking to babies (Koro mother)?
- What is the “critical period” for learning language? What age range?
- What does it mean that babies are “citizens of the world?”
- How do babies learn one language over another?
- What does “taking statistics” mean in this talk? And what age approximately does this happen?
- What is one thing you found interesting or that you learned?