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| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5957 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes  Studies: French | Message 1 of 13 25 October 2010 at 10:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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A fiendish experiment involving very young human test subjects is apparently underway, all in an effort, as far as I can tell, to render the youngest generation more confused and head-hurty* than ever.
"By attending pre-kindergarten class at Lester B. Pearson International they are mastering English, French, and Mandarin. Some pupils are learning Italian and Spanish too." Bizarre polyglot experiment - the lawsuits will come in 15 - 20 years. *"head-hurty" - yes, I said head-hurty. Seemed appropriate. Edited by Spanky on 25 October 2010 at 10:32pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 2 of 13 25 October 2010 at 11:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ohnoes. It's good to see that there's always the education-hating crazies posting on newspaper comment sections the world over.
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| Deshwi Triglot Newbie Canada Joined 5601 days ago 31 posts - 38 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French Studies: Arabic (Written), Turkish, Hindi, Persian | Message 3 of 13 26 October 2010 at 12:40am | IP Logged | ||
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I love this. I would've loved to have had this when I was in kindergarten.
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| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5299 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes | Message 4 of 13 26 October 2010 at 1:26am | IP Logged | ||
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The best foundation for a successful language education and (- if really necessary, as some here seem to think -) a fantastic life as a super cool world conquering polyglot: Teach the kiddies their native language, and well, if possible. You cannot build castles on sand.
For our children, who grow up dumbed down by talk shows, Japanese comics and video games, with HP1 as the only book they'll ever read, every single minute of available education would be needed for solidifying the foundation, not for strange experiments by some strange ...(insert your favourite insult). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| The Real CZ Senior Member United States Joined 5650 days ago 1069 posts - 1495 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 5 of 13 26 October 2010 at 1:28am | IP Logged | ||
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"Hey honey, we need to save up for our child's college funds."
"Yeah, I'd love to do so, if this school didn't cost $6,000." Seriously, that's the only fault I find in it. I'm for teaching younger kids other languages, but most people can't afford that. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Dragonsheep Groupie United States Joined 5271 days ago 46 posts - 63 votes Studies: Tagalog, English* Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 6 of 13 26 October 2010 at 3:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, to be frank, it's $6,000 for only one year of their life. It's $6,000 for theoretically about 66% (my guess) of the way to fluency in about 5 languages. If the research is correct, the kids can very well own the education system, and thus may eliminate the need for tutors, enrichment classes, etc. down the road. It might even bump them into the Canadian equivalent of GATE for the rest of their childhood.
I'd think it's worth it; I realize Canada, being socialized and all, doesn't leave as much money for luxuries. (I'm a proud citizen myself.) However, I think $6,000 for such a huge benefit in one's childhood is well worth it. My whole point will be moot anyways if and when the government begins to fund it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5957 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 7 of 13 26 October 2010 at 6:06am | IP Logged | ||
Oops, nope, not a socialist country by any stretch, though the slowly-eroding free health care is pretty nifty. Edited by Spanky on 26 October 2010 at 6:20am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 6012 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 8 of 13 26 October 2010 at 10:16am | IP Logged | ||
Ah yes, the "teach em English before" line. You know most kids in bilingual education are more articulate in their L1 at the end of their primary educaion than kids in monolingual education? The thing I dislike most about arguments like yours is that they describe multilingual education as an "experiment". It is not. It has been done for many, many centuries. Monolingualism is a modern (post-rennaissance) ideal based around the uniform identity of the nation-state, something which is not really natural. Do not make the mistake of thinking of yourself as being the "normal" one, because you may actually be the one who's different. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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