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Discussion, Week 8: Bilingual Babies

Discussion, Week 8: Bilingual Babies

Q Video Response and Reply: Please view the entire TED TALK "Creating Bilingual Minds" linked below. Post an initial response and then reply to one of your peer's responses. Initial Response: Write two relevant paragraphs and include responses to the following: What was new information for you in Naja's talk? Do you think we should offer bilingual programs for young children widely? Why (refer to parts of the talk or cite other sources), and what ideas do you have for how to do this effectively? Post your initial response by 10/12, class time Reply Post: After reading the posts of your classmates, comment on at least one post that catches your interest: What perspective do you agree with, or what different perspective can you offer to their video response? What other ideas do you have to add to theirs? Aim to reply to a peer that has not received a response yet. Feel free to check back and reply to your responses! Post your reply on the same date: 10/12/ by 11:59 pm Support Resources TED Talk: Creating Bilingual Minds

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Naja says that speaking two or more languages reduces the chances of Alzheimer’s. This was a completely new information for me. She then adds and goes on to explain how babies are linguistic geniuses. The difficulty that adults have when it comes to learning a new language is not the case for children because they learn languages automatically. Even if they are hearing two different languages, they adopt languages in a much quicker pace.