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I realize that we here in the United States consider ourselves at
the top rung of the educational ladder, if only for the fact that
so many foreign language students are breaking their necks to
come here to both study and live English.But, on second glance,
we should not deceive ourselves.
Why an EarlyAGE 2nd Language?Research indicates that from ages 1
through 8 is the best time to introduce a new language to a
child. If the 2nd language is introduced early in life children
will learn it faster and retain it longer.
I watched the British version of 'Big Brother' recently. That's
the television show which is a human hamster cage.
The Chinese Language and dialectsEach province, each city and
even each village speaks their own dialect. There are hundreds of
Chinese dialects in China so much so that each dialect speaker is
not likely to understand another dialect speaker from another
village or city.
Spanish is a very useful language to learn as it is the world's
second most popular language.Outside of the popular coastal
tourist resorts a basic knowledge of Spanish is invaluable.
Part 1 of this series covered the language and language families
in general for the Asian languages. Part 2 will cover the social
conduct that is seen throughout Asian countries.
Because IELTS is a difficult test. While most agree that IELTS is
a reasonable test, it is generally regarded as one of the most
challenging tests of its type.
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