It’s hard to dispute that children turn out to be more successful language learners than adults. But how exactly does this work, and why? In our latest video, Kaitlyn Tagarelli (Linguist, PhD) explores age effects in language learning, including the hotly contested critical period debate!
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Wondering what languages were used in today’s episode?
English (recording language)
Croatian | Dobar dan (DOHbahr dahn) and Doviđenja (DOHveeDJEHnyah) mean “Hello” and “Goodbye”
Indonesian | Halo (hah-lo) and Hati-hati (ha-tee ha-tee) mean “Hello!” and “See you later!”
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Kaitlyn Tagarelli (PhD, Georgetown University) is a Linguist and the Head of Research at Mango Languages. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University, specializing in how the mind and brain learn languages. Aside from geeking out about all things neuroscience and linguistics, she loves hanging out with her family at their Connecticut home, trying to convince them to speak French with her.
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