Learn Languages Faster | Dr. Eddie Chang #shorts
00:00:00.000 | And in terms of learning multiple languages during development, my understanding is that
00:00:03.500 | if one wants to become bilingual or trilingual, best to learn those languages simultaneously
00:00:08.740 | during development, ideally before age 12, if one hopes to not have an accent in speaking
00:00:13.540 | them later. Is that correct?
00:00:14.900 | The earlier is better. The more intense it is and the more immersive it is, the longer
00:00:20.820 | you know that you can be exposed to that is really important. A lot of people can get
00:00:24.280 | exposed to early and basically lose it even though it's quote unquote during that sensitive
00:00:28.660 | period. Unless it's maintained, it can be very easily lost. Then I think another aspect
00:00:34.140 | of it that's very interesting is some of the social requirements for it too. It's pretty
00:00:40.700 | clear that you can only go so far just listening to these sounds from a tape recording or something
00:00:47.820 | like that. There's something extra about real human interactions that activates the brain
00:00:53.700 | sensitivity to different speech bounds, allows us to become specialized for them for a given