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The Terrible Twos Are Terrific for Language Learning |
| Section: LIFE / CHILDREN |
| Author: Leil Lowndes and Stephen Silberling |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1986 |
| Size: 1,849 Words, 10,649 Characters |
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Several months ago, on a transatlantic flight to Rome, I was standing in the rear of the plane by the galley waiting for a cup of coffee to awaken me when a cherubic blonde six or seven year old approached me. "Dove il bagno?" he uttered. Seeing my quizzical look, he tried again, "Ou sont les toilettes?" Had I not been trying to recouperate from five hours of fitful sleep, memory of high school French would have permitted me at the very least to answer, "C'est la.". But, seeing my dumbfounded look, the exasperated child blurted out, "Where's the toilet?" I motioned silently toward the tail section and the little linguist marched off.
An hour later, while waiting for our luggage in the baggage claim area, I happened to be standing beside the child and his parents. I complimen...
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...ctures. This course is currently being offered to private schools around the country.
Some public schools are beginning to follow suit with similar programs. If they had done so back in the sixties, I would have been able to tell young Jacques, "Juste en face, mon petit. J'espere que vous avez fait un bon voyage et j'aimerais pratiquer mon Francais avec vous des que vous retournez."
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