Sunday, April 22, 2012

Research on Language Acquisition

So, I've been on this binge of researching how important and why it's important to learn languages at an early age as opposed to in High School, College or beyond. While doing so, I stumbled upon some work done by Laura-Ann Pettito. Dr. Pettito is a  cognitive neuroscientist and a developmental cognitive neuroscientist. 

The first video below, Dr. Pettito talks about how learning a secondary language is advantageous for children:
The Second video below, Dr. Pettito talks about how early language aquistion is important:
Enjoy!

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