Discuss how babies change from being citizens of the world to culture-bound listeners? the unit discusses the importance of environmental factors on child development. what did kuhl explain about how environments and the manner in which babies are exposed to new languages impacts how they learn? discuss how you think kuhl’s findings regarding the benefits of babies being exposed to languages in person versus over the television or audio should impact how we often rely on various forms of technology to teach children today? as we learned in the unit, basic speech is developed during the toddler years. to what extent do you think a toddler’s speech is influenced by the type and amount of exposure they have to language as younger babies? consider and explain what this type of research might mean for the future?