how babies learn language
How Babies Learn Language. An infant child possesses an amazing, and fleeting, gift: the ability to master a language quickly. At six months, the child can learn the sounds that make up English words and, if also exposed to Quechua and Tagalog, he or she can pick up the unique acoustic properties of those languages, too. By age three, a toddler can converse with a parent, a playmate or a stranger. This is a preview.
How babies learn language: Unraveling the mystery. From birth to age 7, children are geniuses at learning language. After that, the ability starts dropping dramatically before leveling out at 17 or 18. How babies learn language â what goes on in their brains â is a mystery still being unraveled.