Re: Grammar

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob LeChevalier  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ivy_mike) wrote:
>>Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

>>> Passive exposure to language is relatively worthless, though my
>>> non-native kids learned their first English from Barney. 

>>How could you better contradict yourself in one sentence?

>The English they learned from Barney was their first English, but what
>they learned was indeed relatively useless (unless you think that
>going around singing Barney songs is a particularly useful mode of
>communication).  They acquired *skill* in English by interacting with
>other kids that spoke English.

Or by learning to read phonically, and reading English.  
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