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On 14 Apr 05  14:55:51, Carol Shenkenberger got back to Ward Dossche 
-> Re: Apoligies

 CS> *** Quoting Ward Dossche from a message to Roy Witt ***
 
 WD> Kids, any kids worldwide, are very receptive for languages. The younge
 WD> the better. It's just a pitty that in the US languages get too little
 WD> attention and some even are optional I think.

 CS> Most USA schools by High School, have 3 languages with spanish and
 CS> french being 2 of them and it's debatable as to the 3rd since they do
 CS> not all match.  Some schools have language classes in middle school
 CS> (7-9th grades).  There's normally a 'intro to languages' in grade
 CS> school (1-6) but it is seldom extensive and it's at most, 1 hour a
 CS> week. 

As Ward mentioned, the younger the better.  

My cousin, who lived with my grandparents, could speak Polish.  But, 
grandma didn't even want her own kids to use it.  She insisted that 
it had to be English only.  

As such, I know only a few words of Polish.  





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