Helen Arzola teaches the youngest children. "A child before eight is a language learning machine.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

This happens when an official language is used more often and children stop learning the local language of their parents.

VOA: special.2009.12.02

But what we're finding is that all this time we've been ignoring the fact that they're actually learning a new language."

VOA: special.2011.04.13

And she says children from Spanish-speaking families benefit from learning in their own language.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Dementia is a loss of intellectual ability that affects memory, learning,attention,thinking and language skills.

VOA: special.2009.12.28