Wells (1981) argues that the nature of interaction between a child and his
parents and teachers is important for the literacy and scholastic development
of a child. If a child is unable to communicate adequately with his teachers
because of being taught in L2, this will stultify his linguistic development.
Furthermore, if the area of intellectual activity at school is in a language
which is not readily comprehensible to the child's parents, this will also
restrict the possibilities of intellectual stimulus in the interaction between
the child and his parents. Intellectual stimulation is, however, necessary as it
develops the child's ability to make meaning explicit in a context-reduced
situation, which in turn is a prerequisite for scholastic achievement.