--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 9, 2005, at 10:49 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > --- 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. > > It really has nothing to do with a degree or any reaction but that > this an accepted scientific fact.
How odd, you seem to have deleted what I went on to say, which made it clear I wasn't questioning the accepted scientific fact. I'm sure it was inadvertent. You read the first paragraph of my response, jumped to the erroneous conclusion that I was disputing the science, and decided the rest of what I said must be more of the same and could therefore be ignored. Here, let me give you another chance to read what you snipped, so you can take a stab at making a relevant response: 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 --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/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/
