Re: History of French

From: Herman Rubin (hrubin_at_odds.stat.purdue.edu)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: 19 Sep 2004 16:41:16 -0500

In article <dekqk0hmpla61vkddeigdb1hrdffjl3h8v@4ax.com>,
Ruud Harmsen <realemailseesite01@rudhar.com> wrote:
>Sat, 18 Sep 2004 23:26:24 GMT: "Peter T. Daniels"
><grammatim@worldnet.att.net>: in sci.lang:

>>> Perhaps L2 learning works better if instruction is avoided, the time
>>> for it instead being devoted to more immersion? Has this been tried?

>>Of course. Most immigrants can't afford to attend L2 classes; they're
>>surrounded by the host language [...]

If "society" provides it at low cost, they will be attended.
This was the situation in the first part of the 20th century.

>Are they? Aren't surrounded with their family and friends most of the
>time?

Some are, and some are not. My mother was, and my father was not. 

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