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Peer reviewedGenesee, Fred – McGill Journal of Education, 1978
The notion that second language instruction is more effective if begun at an early age is seen as arising from cognitive-nativist and neuropsychological postulates, and from the argument of "affective purity." Each of these positions is reviewed, along with frequently-heard objections to each. A fresh perspective on the issue is thus…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Language, Children, Cognitive Processes
