--- In [email protected], bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip . Numerous studies have persuaded linguistic > researchers that acquisition of a second language after the age of > 15 means that one is unlikely to acquire mastery (especially in > terms of pronunciation -- the brain has less flexibility after the > age of 15), although there are certainly individual variations: > > http://tinyurl.com/a322s > "learning before the age of 7 yields perfect command ********* I have found it interesting that at MSAE Maharishi doesn't allow 2nd language acquisition at the younger age (he may make an exception for Sanskrit) because he claims that for the youngster to speak something other than the "mother tongue" creates some subtle kind of confusion—even though, as you note, it is the ideal time for language acquistion. Does anyone have more precise information on this? L B S ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/HcoraC/rbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
