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| Zarmutek Newbie United States twitter.com/manueljoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4726 days ago 28 posts - 74 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 3 10 March 2013 at 11:11am | IP Logged |
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This is an interesting article that I just uncovered. It claims that children who are suddenly introduced to a language at ages 3-4 may have problems down the line understanding the contexts of certain words. This seems odd to me, as I always thought that children who are exposed to a language at that young an age could easily pick it up and have no problems. Thoughts?
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| Hyrax Diglot Newbie Kenya Joined 4322 days ago 8 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Swahili, English Studies: German, French | Message 2 of 3 10 March 2013 at 11:31am | IP Logged |
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Children can cope with multiple languages but to have a mother tongue is something special. This is your
culture. Second and third languages should not mess with the mother tongue. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| shk00design Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4445 days ago 747 posts - 1123 votes Speaks: Cantonese*, English, Mandarin Studies: French | Message 3 of 3 12 March 2013 at 1:17am | IP Logged |
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After reading the article I find that many of the assumptions of understanding complex
concepts apply to most young children, not just people who emigrated to a new country. A quick example: the word for chicken & duck in Chinese is 雞 & 鴨. These are common food items on the table. But using the same words when referring to somebody's profession you are talking about men & women in the sex trade / prostitution. Do you expect a kid at 4 years to pick up the other version of the same words? As they get older, they probably pick up a lot more by watching TV & listening to the radio. The underlying issue may not be simply a language acquisition issue alone but the emotional trauma of moving away from familiar surroundings with strange people and strange foods. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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