Why Do Young Children Appear to Acquire Language More Easily

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why do young children appear to acquire language more easily than adults?

• A) There is a sensitive period during childhood during which children's brains are primed to develop language.
• B) Adults are more distracted than children, who can devote more cognitive processing to learning a new language.
• C) Children are exposed to a greater variety of vocabulary words than adults typically are.
• D) This is a common myth; children do not have an easier time learning language than adults do.

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