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5.0 out of 5 stars
Learning foreign languages is the best tonic for the mind,
By Jean-Marc Dewaele (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Foreign Language and Mother Tongue (Hardcover)
Every once in a while a book comes along that opens up completely new perspectives in a field. Kecskes & Papp's highly original book is a fine example of this. While most research on bilingualism and applied linguistics has concentrated on the effects of the mother tongue on the foreign language, Kecskes & Papp look for transfer in the other direction, i.e. L2 => L1. Using a cognitive-pragmatic-cultural perspective, the authors show that the acquisition of a second language not only broadens a person's conceptual base but that it also enhances performance in the first language. In other words, learning a foreign language is the best possible tonic for the mind !
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Foreign Language and Mother Tongue by István Kecskés (Hardcover - June 1, 2000)
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