ØCircuits in the auditory cortex of the                        brain are completed by the age of 1 year. ØLearning window for total language learning     is from birth to 10 years of age.  (Begley, 1996) §Window for acquiring syntax may close as early as    5-6  years of age; window allowing for addition of  new words may never close.      (Nash, 1997) §Learning experiences of  a child determine which  connections in the brain become developed and  which no longer function.                                (Language  Learning  and  the  Developing  Brain, 1996)

Brain Research: Early learning