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If One is Good, Two is Better

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/If-One-is-Good-Two-is-Better.mp3 Author Dave Reidy Air Date 6/13/2006 If One is Good, Two is Better Transcript Educators have long been able to prove that the earlier a child begins learning a second language, the more likely he or she is to achieve fluency in that language. The mind of a child […]

Learning Russian

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Learning-Russian.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 1/23/2001 Learning Russian Transcript One of our close friends is Russian, and she is raising her young child to speak that language first. Their son is a toddler — he’s just turned two — and everything in their house is now in Russian — […]