Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h6BIDYC10238; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:13:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:13:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <006401c347f0$826b5060$17265544@ewndsr01.nj.comcast.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Ujwala Samant" <usamant@comcast.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9134] Re: hello X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 Status: O Content-Length: 966 Lines: 28 Dear Maurice, Andres is from Argentina, and he (and I) were replying to Jean-Christophe's post. The latter is French, with a Portuguese mum I think. Your experience with languages is very similar to that of my son, who upon arriving in America at age 4: 1. Forgot Arabic which I expected given he had nobody to practice or teach him. 2. Learned English and for a while replaced French (his father's tongue, and my son's first language) with it. 3. Lost fluency in Marathi and Hindi, although when he is around native speakers, they seem to return. He is now 9 and is fluent in English and French, can get by in Marathi and some Hindi and learned Spanish for 2 years, quite happily. He "returned" to his other languages once he reasoned out the valid contexts for each of them. Paris is beautiful, but the next time go further afield, to places like Rennes, St. Malo, Bordeaux, St. Emilion..... now that is where true French beauty lie. regards Ujwala Samant
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