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Originally Posted by iPhantom
Bilingual children at age 2-3? o.O
I'm all against this, if I'm a parent I will talk to my child only using one language and not mix them. It's not only an idea of mine, everybody suggests it this way. I sure do know bilingual kids as much as you, but the problem is HOW they learnt it?
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They learned it just like how a child learns anything: repetition + trial and error.
This study shows how children two and even younger can distinguish the differences between English and Japanese words. The brain is an amazing thing.
The linguistic development of a Japanese-English bilingual at age two: a case study