How do infants learns language without being formally instructed in a structured manner?
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There are multiple factors.
1. Children are just better at learning languages, in general
2. Children are literally surrounded by language. Parents, friends, books, road signs, their future native language is everywhere.
3. They don’t have a choice because they don’t know any other language. When an adults learn a new language, they are already know their native language, and always can use it to communicate. Especially if they are not currently live in the country whose language they learning, they always can switch to their native language. Children can’t.
4. Children’s parents usually teach language to their children a lot. It’s like if an adult have a teacher who is always around and ready to ask any question at any time.
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