[EDLING:30] Literacy begins with first language

[Francis M. Hult]

Modbee.com

Literacy begins with first language

It is interesting to read opinions of people who know nothing about language 
learning. Most people in the United States only speak one language and claim to 
be experts in language learning due to the fact that they learned to speak 
English.

However, linguists will tell you that the more fluent I am in my native 
language the better my capacity for learning other languages. Experiments in 
Canada prove that the more fluent a child is in his own native language, the 
easier it becomes for the child to acquire a second or a third language. The 
message: Speak, read and write a lot in your native language!

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