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Is Elementary Too Early To Teach Foreign Languages Summary

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Gladys Lipton’s article, “Is elementary school too early to teach foreign languages?” contains information on elementary aged children learning multiple languages. The opening paragraph of the article poses the question whether introducing multiple languages at a young age would result in linguistic confusion. The article goes on to reassure readers that the young human brain is receptive to many languages before the age of ten. With the learning of a new language, comes the study of other cultures. This article discusses how a child under the age of 10 is more receptive when it comes to learning other cultures customs, traditions and ways of doing things that they may not already know. Lipton also discusses a FLES program (Foreign Language
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