In Patricia Kuhl's "Linguistic Genius of Babies," her research has found that babies have an amazing ability to learn other languages; however, she also stated that there is a critical period for language acquisition of a new language. According to Kuhl, the critical period of learning a new language is before seven, and anytime after that period, language acquisition is usually radically more complicated. Kuhl also mentioned that babies use “statistics” on the sounds they hear, and explained how she uses brain scans to examine the babies’ brains.
Regarding Kuhl's critical period hypothesis, that there’s a fixed period of time in which adults can really learn a language and learn it well, in my humble and unscientific opinion, I think her
Regarding Kuhl's critical period hypothesis, that there’s a fixed period of time in which adults can really learn a language and learn it well, in my humble and unscientific opinion, I think her