For English language teachers and learners–and really, for anyone who values the written and spoken word . . . Medical evidence shows that when babies are born, they “cry with the accent of their mother tongue.”
This article by neuroscientist Darshana Narayanan shows how the importance of reading, speaking and singing to an unborn child in utero can no longer be refuted.
What do you think about pre-natal language development? Would you (did you) read, speak or sing to your unborn children? . . . What language did you use?
Please write in; I’d be delighted to hear from you.