It’s so easy to pick it up as as a child when everyone arounds you is speaking that language, but for some reason becomes difficult to pick up another language and learn it even if you’re constantly surrounded by people who speak it? why’s that?
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I am not sure if kids have a significant advantage just because they’re younger, and this post also doubt https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/hxqrzc/do_children_actually_learn_languages_quicker_than/. But it still pretty popular theory.
But even if they don’t have this ability. They just have much better conditions than most adults. They have their entire surroundings using this language,1 or 2 personal tutors ready to ask any questions or correct them. And most important, they don’t know any language at the moment. They just don’t have a choice. Adults, even if they are in another country and surrounded by a new language, they still have ways to avoid learning it. They can communicate in the internet in their native language for example. Or scroll social media in their native language.
Also adult’s standarts for learning new language is higher. If you are a kid you have at least five years to start speaking normally, and you are likely to still improve your language skills for the next 3, maybe 5 years? As an adult you don’t have that much time. You try to learn as fast as possible. And even 2 years to start forming any sentences is a long time.
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