Language: The First 5 Years of Life of Learning

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[SiMeGamer]

It's not that Pete is late. It's that he will simply have a harder time, which means that if Lucy does everything he does in terms of language learning she will move even further. His potential is being limited but it still exists. Just like you can learn to draw at age 40, it is recommended you do when you are a little kid because that will expedite the process significantly. I personally find myself learning words every single day in English since it is not my native language but it is still the language I use the most with other Native English speakers. To expand one's vocabulary, reading is a great tool, but new words should still be written down and learned separately from the book to add even more context in order to make the word stick.

I'm currently learning Japanese and find it quite easy to learn new vocabulary when I have something to connect it to using stories and images.

[yeseniarobles]

Language is not just words, they’re the communication of thoughts and feelings, sadly not many know how to express.

[antonia]

This is why I chose to care for my kids full time. I took the first 5 years seriously. Play, sing, talk spend lots of time with your little ones. No one is going to care more about your children than you.

[sainttymez]

This reminds me of my daughter and non-verbal autistic son, despite their environment and influences being much more similar. I definitely think Pete will likely find ways to compensate for the areas he lacks. I'm positive there are plenty of successful Petes'. Lucy just has a measurable advantage.

[rainbowstarrikeda]

I’m a Filipino living in Japan but my daughter’s 1st language is English. Based on my own experience as a mom of bilingual daughter, it is very critical to communicate to a child from birth. Thinking that they don’t understand what we are saying but they are trying to communicate with a smile & giggle. Language input plays a very important role so later on you can hear the output. At 2, she can switch her language from English to Japanese when she’s talking to her father without any confusion. One more thing, sitting with your child while watching educational videos and reading them stories with big expressions also play a big role. Explain things that are new to them for a greater understanding & vocabularies. Boys most of the time have late development when it comes to talking but physically active as compared to girls (not in general).

[claudiasepriano]

Being a bilingual teacher myself I found it very worrying that people still think that only native adults can teach language 'properly'. It has to do with proficiency. I know a lot of native English people that have lower proficiency in English compared to bilingual individuals. In today's connected world these language myths should be long gone!

[Johannes]

Given what I know now, my future kids will be geniuses

[Japanthewoman]

Welp, glad I could get some validation here about why my kids have speech delays. I spent most of my time too exhaused to talk and too exhausted to take them out to social situations. It seriously annoys me people keep saying "it's not your fault" when I know it absolutely is. They clearly began to improve once I started reading to them on a regular basis and clearly stagnated when I stopped again. (It's hard to read when they fight if they're too close to each other and I'm trying to keep the baby from ripping the pages of a library book!) They're 3 so I suppose there is still time for them to recover some lost ground. I have a better handle on things now so maybe the baby will have better luck with his language development.

[GiGiGiWest]

I love that you folks present an argument, and then explore other possibilities. It's a strong premise and I think it has merit, especially in a society that values language so much. I do think that Pete would certainly compensate in unexpected ways. For what he may lack in solidifying the depth of his language abilities, he may end up strengthening non verbal communication skills. Perhaps a stronger reliance on facial recognition and even possibly empathy to make up for it?

Yeah it's all speculation, but I think above all else, children will naturally explore their world. Peters going to learn SOMETHING.

[lol]

this is one of the main reasons my husband and I decided together One of us should stay with our daughter for the first 3 years of her life at home. Husband had a career path with more benefits and growth singular path so I chose to stay. Baby is only 3 months we been reading few books to her daily and say everything as we are doing. She enjoys having talking to us in her own sounds lol.

[evasara]

There are different types of intelligence, skills and mental plasticity does not end with childhood, so yes, there's great hope for Pete! Pete could be a great athlete, he could be a great dancer, singer, composer, methematician (musica and math have their own language) or he could have caught up ideas and language from other sources than the nanny, with the right motivation and the right support Pete will be fine and learn loads, at the same time Lucy could become discouraged, could be limited by an introverted nature that does not allow her to express herself verbally as much as others, this assuming that both children have no learning or developmental imparement. So there are many, many nuances to child development and parents could be discouraged by someone tellign them that their child can't focus (for example) because he didn't receive adequate linguistic tools in time. There are rare extreme examples of learning disabilities due to total language imparement but that's not what usually happens in average lives.The presentation is nice but a little limitative and it paints a black and white picture of the issue (quite literally, haha), also the nanny with a traditional cone hat is a little (a lot) patronising, where I live in Asia only very old people, usually gardeners, wear them...or tourists, it's not a thing, seriously. Anyway I do appreciate the channel and the videos.

[lexyswope]

I loved talking to my son. At age 3 he took a Star Wars 20 page picture book from me and read it page by page perfectly. He's a teacher.
I also later had a great stint teaching ESL classes (I did take language classes in school)

[CLEANDrumCovers]

Moral of the story: let people speak other languages to your children.

[Amber-nrrs]

It's definitely completely possible for Pete to catch up. English is my first language now, but I only formally started learning it at age 6. Just constant exposure to the language and daily use put English at the forefront, and I'm definitely not any behind native speakers who began younger at this point.

[aymaneboucetta]

in my opinion is never too late to learn new language . that's remember me a story for a video long ago wich an old man speak english very fast because had a crush in a old women who speak only english. He find a motivation. as always excellent quality and content video .

[power]

Looking back to my childhood, I just realized that I was Poor Pete

[justsomeguywithamask]

I couldn't talk until the age of 9, it sucks, but that's the reality I lived. Deep down I knew why, it bothers me even now. My family who are narcists ignored me and the only attention I got was negative. This led to a lack of social skills and confidence.

[bonkahermitakaintjudge]

Seems to validate the need for empathetic social interactionism for healthy human development. Thanks again

[StrawberryAqua]

One of my professors told a story about a family that hired a Filipina nanny who spoke Tagalog to their son. When he started school, the school called and said that he spoke only Tagalog. How sad that his family never realized that before because they never talked to him.

[prithiseshadri]

This video was interesting.In my perception I feel that, language is not only the tool to communicate.It is one of the way because it is globally accepted one. May be his interpersonal ability can be high. Children are unique.Rather shaping them to adjust with them we can be wider in thinking and go with their flow. I strongly believe, we can learn many things from them.once we admit at times that" we are ignorant"