Episode 31 : Multilingual mama in Montréal
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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Krista Byers-Heinlein, a Professor of Developmental Psychology at Concordia University, who specializes in infant development with a focus on language acquisition. She talks about her personal experiences growing up bilingual in Canada, as well as raising a bilingual child in Montréal, the largest metropolitan French-speaking area in the province of Québec. We also discuss how bilingualism researchers are able to study infants long before they’re talking and why that research is important. If you are interested in having your baby participate in one of her studies (and getting a cute T-shirt as compensation), you can find the information here: http://infantresearch.ca/welcome
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