Re: Is there an optimal sequence for language acquisition?
- From: leuwarden@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 4 Dec 2005 02:57:28 -0800
Lee Sau Dan wrote:
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Dalby <akdalby@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Andrew> If 'students' are aged 1 to 8 or so, just let them learn
> Andrew> all possible languages spoken around them. Imagine the
> Andrew> stupidity of parents who employ an au pair/nanny who
> Andrew> speaks a foreign language, and don't take advantage of
> Andrew> that fact to let their children learn the language!
>
> Many families in Hong Kong employ domestic workers from the
> Philippines (and recently also from Indonesia and Thailand). However,
> I have seldom heard children in these family learn the language of the
> maid. Neither do their parents encourage their children (and the
> maid) to do that.
this is a good example: the prestige of a language that makes people
try hard to learn it.
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