@Fluent_Forever this book/program helped me become functional as an adult while I was in Korea. It's definitely hard to do, but there's ways to "hack" the process of learning a language
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As you can tell by my tweet, my English still needs some work

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And of course the typical American school kid starts his or her first foreign language course at about age 15 - brilliant!
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Perhaps a good argument for philosophy in high school. That way they don't stumble into the field unawares and make idiotic representations about the Enlightenment.
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Thank you for sharing this. However, I must say MOTIVATION is also key. I had senior students who fell in love with the language and now can pass as natives. However, they insisted that it was only because they were very motivated while learning the language.
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But this study is just about grammar and thus consistent with the idea that the window of acquiring perfect pronunciation closes much earlier (around 10, or so I thought), so shouldn't it say "critical period for acquiring grammar"?
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Yeah, I think perfect pronunciation closes around age 7... at least, that’s what I learned in my human development class. Could be wrong.
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In addition, it is not the same to learn a language by following a textbook (12 y/old in MX learning English) than by immersion in the culture (12 y/old born in MX, attending school in the US). Would the conclusions of the study apply equally in both cases?
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There is also the question of what exactly means to learn a language. Grammar is just one of the skills. Some people may be able to read proficiently or comprehend when listening, yet failing at putting a sentence together. Haven't they learned the language?
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Very interesting. Focuses on English as L2, though. Wondering if there’s a difference depending on the L2. Grammar is harder in English than in many other languages.
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Unfortunately, this will be interpreted by some as evidence for the "younger is better" approach to second language learning, which has given us such marvels as Skype English class for Chinese babies.
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It is very hard to lean a language as an adult. That makes immigration so hard!
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I suspect many other skill areas, such as in music, mathematics, art, and even CBT-like self-soothing, are best learned as early as possible in childhood, for similar reasons. For people who learn later on, their skills may be “accented.”
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Older generations of Dutch & Scandinavians owe much of their proficiency in English to sub-titled TV
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1. Neuroplasticity is proven to be better at a younger age (more malleable/formative) 2. Immersion in a language (language-immersion) is vital -reinforces the more subtle grammatical structures 3. Newer, fresh neuron synapses at a younger age retain/reinforce better
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@KarmaMarklund something that may interest you
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