In the accompanying article, “Learning a Second Language”, the writer, Meg Butler, mentions that students learn a second language through making flash cards and spending hours memorizing verb conjugations. Although children may be able to gain a firmer grasp on second languages before the age of 10, I am not sure that they would be as receptive to the same method of teaching. The article points out that certain schools “like Language Stars capitalize on this window and are able to teach children a new language simply through immersion.” However, these schools educate their students through immersion, rather than one period a day for a semester (with a year in between) in a classroom. From my personal experience in a foreign language classroom,
