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Javier's Mother Is a Native Spanish Speaker, and His Father

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Javier's mother is a native Spanish speaker, and his father is a native English speaker. He hears both languages equally often and is addressed in Spanish by his mother and in English by his father. If Javier is a typical toddler, how will his language skills be affected by this early experience?


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The cognitive process of interpreting and organizing sensory information from the environment to understand and interact with the world.

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