Between 6 and 8 months, infants
A) become sensitive to syllable stress patterns in foreign languages.
B) start to "screen out" sounds not used in their native tongue.
C) do not yet recognize familiar words in spoken passages.
D) prefer listening to a foreign language than their own language.

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Around 6-8 months, infants begin to show a preference for the sounds of their native language and start to ignore or "screen out" sounds that do not occur in their language. This process is known as phonetic narrowing and helps infants to focus on the relevant sounds of their language in order to develop their language skills.

Between 6 and 8 Months, Infants