Babies are born with the ability to learn foreign languages

If you are a parent you may ask yourself if it is natural for little children to learn foreign languages. This is a question that bothered a lot of scientists and philosophers. In articles of Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, volume 28, 2011, pages 872-876, you can read, that this is perhaps the most complex and arguable question that have risen among linguists, psychologists and philosophers about language: how a child learns foreign language? Language learning is natural. Babies are born with the ability to learn it and that learning begins at birth. Many experts believe that learning the language before the age of ten years allows children to speak correctly and fluently as an indigenous person. Therefore, whatever the earlier children become familiar with foreign language, they have better chance to speak proficiency. Research suggests that from birth through age 10 is the best time to introduce new languages to a young child. The child will learn the language faster, retain it better and most often speak it with near-native pronunciation.