From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 846
Date: 2000-01-10
>Gerry: Earlier is certainly better. When do you propose that the young
> >> >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
>
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