Stupid ColleaguesGodwin's Lawyer tells us: "I once worked with a lad who believed 'Frankenstein' was based on a true story, and that the book was written by Shirley Bassey." Tell us about your workplace dopes.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 3 Mar 2011, 15:34)
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Not true.A child will become a fluent speaker of their native language by the age of 5 even if you don't talk to them at all. Around them seems to be enough. No training is neccecary. Babies have awareness of the phonetic system of their language even at birth. Language acquisition is not based on imitation.
There's a tribe in Africa that routinely teaches children (with actual classes) to walk. Why? Well, "if we don't then maybe they won't learn," etc, etc. Same deal with baby talk.
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Zuowan, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 12:21,
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not true?What part?
I agree that a child will learn a language without being spoken to directly but the end result will be very different. I am sure we could rely on children to figure a lot of things out for themselves but culturally most of us tend to give them w hand every now and then.
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