Re: Spanish and Portuguese

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 825
Date: 2000-01-10

OK Marc, then do you think that if these young kids learned a "foreign
languge" at age 5, the the task would be that much easier?
Gerry

Marc Verhaegen wrote:
>
> >To Marc and Alexander: Why do you think that native kids have little
> problem learning the syntax of their native language whereas schoolkids have
> more difficulty learning another language? Gerry
>
> There's a "sensitive" period, as often in biological learning. After 10
> years or so, new languages are much more difficult to learn.
>
> --Marc
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