Posted on Sep 15, 2023
Baby babble isn't just goo goo! And hearing 2 languages is better than one
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"In English, we adults like to say babies go "goo goo ga ga." In French, it's "areau areau." And in Mandarin, it's "ya ya."
So do babies really babble with different sounds in different parts of the world? And what does that tell us about how babies learn to speak?
A few years ago I was on a train, seated across a table from a French woman traveling with her toddler.
His mom and I hit it off and spoke in English for a few hours. Meanwhile, this little boy had a lot to say. I couldn't understand it, but he clearly had opinions about his books, his snacks, maybe how cool it was that his hands were attached to his arms – all in what I just assumed was French".
"In English, we adults like to say babies go "goo goo ga ga." In French, it's "areau areau." And in Mandarin, it's "ya ya."
So do babies really babble with different sounds in different parts of the world? And what does that tell us about how babies learn to speak?
A few years ago I was on a train, seated across a table from a French woman traveling with her toddler.
His mom and I hit it off and spoke in English for a few hours. Meanwhile, this little boy had a lot to say. I couldn't understand it, but he clearly had opinions about his books, his snacks, maybe how cool it was that his hands were attached to his arms – all in what I just assumed was French".
Baby babble isn't just goo goo! And hearing 2 languages is better than one
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Babies, it turns out, "are very good at imitating the rhythm and the intonation of the language they're hearing," Sundara says. Sundara also studies how babies respond to hearing different languages. In bilingual households, babies switch that rhythm and melody in their babble depending on what language they're responding to."
"Babies, it turns out, "are very good at imitating the rhythm and the intonation of the language they're hearing," Sundara says. Sundara also studies how babies respond to hearing different languages. In bilingual households, babies switch that rhythm and melody in their babble depending on what language they're responding to."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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