Re: English Language in Paris

On Aug 21, 1:39 pm, d4g...@xxxxxxxxxxx (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
Iceman <oneofc...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 21, 4:55 am, d4g...@xxxxxxxxxxx (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
Martin <m...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:22:25 -0700, Hatunen <hatu...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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Those who have spent any time in bilingual neighborhoods have no
doubt that children learn both languages with considerable ease.
Or who spend any amount of time in the schools of such
neighborhoods.

even more than two languages given the right circumstances.

Plenty of them about too- I know quite a few couples who live in the UK,
but don't speak English as their native language, and don't speak the
same language as each other. Their kids are tri-lingual, and it's not
seen as remarkable, just exactly what you'd expect.

Functionally tri-lingual, or they speak English with a few phrases in
each of the other two languages?

What would make you think I didn't mean it in a _functional_ sense? They
speak fluently with their father in one language, with their mother in
another, and with most other people in English...


Because, say, a couple with a Chinese-speaker and a Spanish-speaker
who don't speak each other's languages but both speak English would
almost always speak English in the home - most kids only really become
fluent in their parents' language if it's all around them and used
constantly - such as if the parents don't or barely speak English and
use the other language at home. There could be exceptions of course.

.

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