Fwd: [Edling] Can your baby learn French or Mandarin?

[Harold Schiffman]

 Forwarded From: edling at lists.sis.utsa.edu


OC Register



Can your baby learn French or Mandarin?



Teachers at Lango Foreign Language believe it's never too early to
teach your child a second language, and they have the 14-month-old
students to prove it.

Infants and toddlers can participate in Mommy-and-Me language classes
at the school, which has various locations throughout Irvine and South
County cities like Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel. Full-immersion
classes in French, Spanish and Mandarin are also offered to preschool
and elementary-age students interested in picking up another tongue.

"Studies have shown the window of opportunity for learning a new
language is between birth and 6 years old," said Cyndi Kimball,
regional operator for Lango Foreign Language For Kids. "We really try
to target that age group when the brain is still forming and learning
language is easier."



Full story:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/classes-language-french-2308590-lango-irvine





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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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