Human Growth and Development / Unit 3 HGD 0371 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bilingual Infants
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The idea
Children learning two languages from birth reach language milestones at about the same time as children learning one, and bilingual infants distinguish their two languages.
In practice
A toddler mixing words from both home languages in a single sentence.
Where people slip
The misconception is that mixing languages shows confusion. It does not; bilingual infants can tell their languages apart.
Your place on the trail
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