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Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Why Words?! How We Learn Language

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.32.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Children are the best language learners, says psycholinguist Evan Kidd. But how do children learn languages so easily, and why is learning another language so hard when you're an adult? It's something we've been wondering since we moved to Barcelona, Spain this summer. Evan Kidd shares his quest to put together the complex puzzle of how humans learn language. What he's discovered might change the way you think about your own native tongue. To join us on our adventures in Barcelona, plus get access to an ad-free version of the show and educational materials, pledge at patreon.com/tumblepodcast Listen to Tumble on the Kids Listen app! app.kidslisten.org If you have any questions about science that you'd like Lindsay and Marshall to help answer, go to our website - www.sciencepodcastforkids.com - and use the contact form. While you're there, you can also find a blog with lots of great resources about this episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So we've been living in Barcelona for about two months now.

0:04.1

And now it's finally time to share it with our listeners.

0:07.0

This is the first episode we've recorded in our new home.

0:10.5

Yeah, and it was inspired by a suggestion from one of our listeners in the Netherlands.

0:16.0

We're giving Tumble some more international flair this season.

0:20.0

We are a very international.

0:23.0

Speaking of, we're finally ready to take our patrons on a journey to our new city.

0:28.0

I've picked out the coolest places that we're just waiting to explore in Barcelona.

0:32.0

Let me get a look at that list.

0:35.0

I want to go there. I want to go there. I want to go there.

0:38.0

They're all cool places.

0:40.0

But where will we go first? There's only one way to find out.

0:44.0

If you're a patron and it's never too late to join, go to patreon.com slash tumblepodcast

0:50.0

now to read the descriptions of each place and vote on where we go.

0:55.0

And if you're at the five dollar level, make sure to check out the giant folder of educational materials that Marshall made,

1:01.0

as well as his brand new song about the solar system.

1:05.0

It's really, I worked really, really hard on it. I think it's really catchy.

1:08.0

I hope you download it and like it. That is my opinion.

1:11.0

I can't get it out of my head.

1:14.0

And speaking of, here are this week's new patrons.

1:19.0

We've got Addy and Libby, the tough Colorado girls.

1:23.0

Omar Yalmersen, Kai Fernos and Slava Duhelik.

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