Reply #15: learning a second language

[gracie76]

We did not have any second languages available in elementary school, but we sure got our fill of English...grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. I think it is very important to expose children to other languages when they are young and eager to learn. English is the language of the world...so we need not be defensive about it. My secondary education did include other languages...four years of Latin, (no kidding), 2 years of Spanish...and then in college, another year of Spanish (Spanish literature), and a year of concentrated French. I love it; languages make sense to me. And it certainly makes sense in Florida (and California), given the large proportion in both states of Spanish-speaking citizens. Spanish is the easiest to learn and pronouce....try it, you'll like it.