When
watching the video I was surprised to find out that Zack who was 15 months was
using a different part of the brain when learning a foreign language as their second
language, compared to an adult learning a second foreign language.
When there
is a new born there larynx is too high up and this allows the child to suckle
and breathe at the same time, when the child grows to about a year old the
larynx drops 3cm. This allows the voice box to have more space at the back of
the child’s throat. What I also found fascinating was that it takes 30 muscles to
produce one recognisable word, using these muscles outweighs the child from
chocking.
Moira was 2
and a half years old and she was learning up to 10 new words a day which is Vygotsky
theory, the video described a child this ages as a sponge soaking up new words.
Thank you Georgia. An informative post that shows an understanding of the issues raised. FYO: Robert Winston.
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