Bilingual

Question 1

what is the best time to learn a second language?

Answer 1

before puberty

Question 2

why is it easier for children to learn a language than adults?

Answer 2

because adults have mastered a language causing an interference with the new language

Question 3

do deaf children develop sign language before gestures with their parents?

Answer 3

no gestures are behaviour and are shown to children by parents communicating with one another and with the child
-sign language will come when they can understand their body functions

Question 4

are children who are bilingual smarter than other children?

Answer 4

they have better
-attentional control
-inhibition
-analytical reasoning
-concept info