From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Sep 15 09:06:17 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:06:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MnaXo-000325-CY for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:06:16 -0700 Received: from imr-da06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.169.203]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MnaXi-00030y-Dw for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:06:16 -0700 Received: from imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (imo-ma03.mx.aol.com [64.12.78.138]) by imr-da06.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id n8FG5tnf014576 for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:05:55 -0400 Received: from MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com by imo-ma03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v42.5.) id d.bf9.685a4da7 (41812) for ; Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:05:50 -0400 (EDT) From: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:05:50 EDT Subject: [lojban] Re: Fwd: lojban and raising a child bi-lingual To: lojban-list@lojban.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_bf9.685a4da7.37e1155e_boundary" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 11501 X-Spam-Flag:NO X-AOL-SENDER: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com X-archive-position: 16183 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list --part1_bf9.685a4da7.37e1155e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a message dated 9/14/2009 22:56:36 Eastern Daylight Time,=20 phma@phma.optus.nu writes: > "One reason that small children are slower at learning languages than=20 > teenagers and adults is that they still haven=E2=80=99t learned to segme= nt the=20 > world=20 > yet. They have to learn which person is mama and which is dada; where th= e=20 > arm=20 > ends and the hand begins; what shade is blue, what shade is green and wh= at=20 > is=20 > in between; and thousands of other things. This is a huge task that peop= le=20 > don=E2=80=99t have to repeat when learning a second language after they= =E2=80=99re a bit=20 > older."=20 > -http://czechmatediary.com/2009/01/15/even-experts-dont-know-how-childre= n-learn-languages/ >=20 This is contrary to everything I've heard or read about children learning= =20 their first language. Second languages are a different matter, perhaps. Children manage in the first few years of life to learn a language fluentl= y=20 from scratch. No other age group can claim that. stevo --part1_bf9.685a4da7.37e1155e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en In a messag= e dated 9/14/2009 22:56:36 Eastern Daylight Time, phma@phma.optus.nu write= s:


"One reason that small= children are slower at learning languages than
teenagers and adults= is that they still haven=E2=80=99t learned to segment the world
yet.= They have to learn which person is mama and which is dada; where the arm=
ends and the hand begins; what shade is blue, what shade is green and= what is
in between; and thousands of other things. This is a huge tas= k that people
don=E2=80=99t have to repeat when learning a second lang= uage after they=E2=80=99re a bit
older." -http://czechmatediary.com/20= 09/01/15/even-experts-dont-know-how-children-learn-languages/

This is contrary to everything I've heard or read about children learn= ing their first language.  Second languages are a different matter,= perhaps.

Children manage in the first few years of life to learn a language flu= ently from scratch.  No other age group can claim that.

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