--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:51 PM, L B Shriver wrote: > > > > > 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? > > > > I asked my wife who has a masters in Infant development. Do it > > BEFORE elementary school. > > > > Would you trust *your* children to Mahesh's theories? > > Would you trust rumors that may not ahve any basis in fact in order > to pass judgement on someone?
Even if it's true as stated by LBS, to decide not to trust one's children to MMY because his "theories" are not the same as those of someone who has a master's in infant development is a knee-jerk, thoughtless conclusion. The "subtle confusion" LBS refers to isn't necessarily in conflict with the principle that the younger the better in terms of second-language acquisition. The purported confusion may be on an entirely different level than that of facility in a second language. It isn't impossible that the optimal situation, in MMY's view, is a sort of trade-off between acquiring second-language facility and avoiding the subtle confusion. In other words, an older child may still be able to learn a second language well enough to become reasonably fluent in it at a point when learning it may no longer cause the subtle confusion. Or maybe not. But obviously we don't know enough, on the basis of LBS's account, to say either way. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/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/
