At 16:15 13-07-2003 -0400, Joelle Lyons Everett wrote:
I am encouraged by seeing small steps toward valuing all the languages people speak. Of my four children, two speak a second language fluently and know something about another culture--one has lived two years in France, the other lived and worked in Japan for five years.
That's true, Joelle. Things are changing. As you are probably aware, last year my youngest son, Pedro, has lived one year in the USA (Wisconsin), living with an American family and studing at a public school his last year of High School (he was there in the 9/11 but I have decided not to comment more on that, as the USA spying system is everywhere including in public e-mail lists). The family that received Pedro has a son one year youger (that is now my son's american "brother") and the following year they sent their son to the Neederlands for one year. Spencer has been recently 15 days in Lisbon, in his way back to the States, and he told me that he learned TWO European languages, as he was in a region with double language - they used one at home (I don't remenber what) and the oficial language of the country at scholl. As he also understands a little Spanish, here is an American boy that now understands 4 languages and his fully prepared for a global world. Regards Artur * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
