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Best to learn a 2nd language at a young age? : How the Brain Makes Way for a Second Language
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KURAL
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 13 Mar 2008 00:22:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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Pharaoh,
Thats true !! Germany , France, and TN had always produced great genius ! I think more the language is difficult more the people speaking it are intelligent (generally).. In other words the language syntax build your brain logical syntax..
People speaking more than 10 languages are genuis indeed.
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 16 Mar 2008 13:30:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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In contrast to the 'first three years' idea of child development that has received so much press in the past few years, the UCLA study instead suggests that the elementary and middle school years are the biologically most advantageous times for acquisition of a second language.
I don't think this is a valid conclusion. What the fMRI studies show is that, for people who have been bilingual from a very early age, there is 'no spatial separation' of different areas of the brain for the two different languages. The implication seems to be that that is not good, but they have not shown evidence for that. If one area of the brain can deal both languages, what is the disadvantage of that?
From what I know, there is nothing wrong in teaching a child two languages from a very early age. |
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