Why can’t adults learn languages like children?
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Children are actually trash at learning languages. It took me like 3 years to say my first word and like 6 to start talking to other kids in a coherent way. Babies spend all their time just listening and absorbing their target language. Listening to the patterns and understanding what sounds are noise and what is language etc. Adults can do the same but it takes a huge commitment but there are people that have done it.
Now since you don’t have the free time of a baby you can use things like an SRS (Spaced repetition system), reading, writing, etc to help you learn faster. But many times if I tell someone everything to do to master a language in 2 years they think it’s too extreme when it’s exactly how children learn.
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