Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272140AbTHIA4J (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:56:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272163AbTHIA4I (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:56:08 -0400 Received: from mail.jlokier.co.uk ([81.29.64.88]:12932 "EHLO mail.jlokier.co.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272140AbTHIAzj (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:55:39 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2003 01:55:24 +0100 From: Jamie Lokier To: Maciej Soltysiak Cc: Clemens Schwaighofer , Dick Streefland , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Euro-English Message-ID: <20030809005524.GC26375@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> <20030805233308.GD928@matchmail.com> <200308052014.31133.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <20030806231403.GF1380@pegasys.ws> <409a.3f322c49.c82b0@altium.nl> <3F32F664.7010002@tequila.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 778 Lines: 17 Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > And that is the conclusion I think. Kids should be encouraged to listen, > watch, read in english. Discouraged to watch dubbed movies. I have been told that it makes a big difference which _sounds_ the kids are exposed to during a certain age range, when they are developing the ability to distinguish language sounds. This would support the subtitles-better-than-dubbing hypothesis, and also explain why adults find it easier to learn languages with similar sounds to their childhood languages. -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/