Listening Before Speaking: como bebês aprendem os sons (B1)
Long before they say a word, babies are studying language. Experiments with children of a few months old show that they can distinguish sounds from any language in the world. Around the first birthday, this ability narrows: the brain keeps the sounds it hears every day and gradually ignores the others. This is why a Japanese adult may find English "r" and "l" so difficult. Babies raised with two languages keep both systems, and although they sometimes start speaking a little later, they are not confused. In addition, they tend to be better at changing between tasks.
Fonte: English for ALL (texto original).
De acordo com o texto, o que ocorre por volta do primeiro ano de vida é que
- A) o bebê começa a distinguir sons de qualquer idioma do mundo.
- B) as crianças bilíngues perdem um dos dois sistemas linguísticos.
- C) os bebês criados com dois idiomas passam a falar mais cedo.
- D) o cérebro passa a reter apenas os sons ouvidos no dia a dia.
- E) os adultos japoneses recuperam a percepção dos sons do inglês.