What Advice Should Be Given to Expectant Parents Who Are

question 52

Multiple Choice

What advice should be given to expectant parents who are interested in educating their child in a foreign language and classical literature before birth?

• A) Fetuses have no ability to learn anything while in the womb, and thus any talking, singing, or reading you do will not be remembered by the fetus after it is born.
• B) Although your child may come to recognize and even prefer the patterns of the language and literature he or she is exposed to while in the womb, babies are unable to hear specific words or learn any kind of factual knowledge while in the womb.
• C) You will give your child a sufficient head start if you pipe foreign language and classical literature recordings into the womb.
• D) If you want your child to become fluent in a foreign language and appreciate literature, you must start before the child is born.

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