WHY START LANGUAGE LEARNING IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?

Authors

  • Vera de Ruduyauszky O'Byrne University of Newscastle

Abstract

From a lifetime largely spent in teaching second languages in the schools of various countries across the face of the globe, O'Byrne is convinced from practical experience that the arguments for learning them at an early age are not all covered by the theoretical and research approaches. A second language, because it has to be learned through much the same childlike enjoyment of repetition of simple sounds and phrases as the first, is not an easy undertaking for adolescents and adults; nor can they expect quite the same attention from a teacher as they once had from mother and family.

Author Biography

Vera de Ruduyauszky O'Byrne, University of Newscastle

Vera de Ruduyauszky O'Byrne studied at the Universities of Budapest, Dublin, and Caen, and was called to the Bar. She has taught languages in Eire and Africa, has been one of H.M. Inspectors of Schools in Britain, and as Supervisor of Languages for the State of Tasmania organized the teaching of primary French. She is presently a member of the Faculty of Education in the University of Newscastle in New South Wales, Australia.

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Published

1978-04-01

How to Cite

O’Byrne, V. de R. (1978). WHY START LANGUAGE LEARNING IN PRIMARY SCHOOL?. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 13(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7208

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Vol. 13 No. 002 (1978)

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