Language and Learning

Language and Learning

1. Does Learning Language make kids smarter?

   • The child needs to be exposed to the language
     • Early exposure is necessary
       • The amount of exposure must be equal, otherwise there's a risk the child lose sequence.
       • Child will achieve fluency

2. Language allows to interact.

3. 40 minutes in class isn't optimal to be fluent

   • The human brain is not only set for learning just one language

4. Children develop preferences for languages

   • Two ways for learning vocabulary: cognitive system and environment.
     • A monolingual speaker of English has a larger vocabulary than a bilingual classmate who speaks some other languau