sensitive period in language acquisition?

>> >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

>OK Marc, then do you think that if these young kids learned a "foreign

language" at age 5, the the task would be that much easier? Gerry


Yes, the earlier the better IMO, eg, 2 "mother" languages at once, but I
don't know if more than 2 languages will do.

Marc