Six-Month-Old Seiko Is Growing Up in a Home Where Japanese

Multiple Choice

Six-month-old Seiko is growing up in a home where Japanese is the only language spoken. Is she likely to be able to discriminate speech sounds that are used in English but are not used in Japanese?

A) She is not likely to ever be able to discriminate them.
B) She is likely to be able to discriminate them now, but will probably lose that ability when she gets older.
C) She is not likely to be able to discriminate them at this age, but should be able to when she gets older.
D) She is likely to be able to discriminate them throughout her life.