Why is learning a language easier for kids than it is for adults?
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It’s sort of a misconception that it’s easier for kids. It feels harder as an adult because you generally are still living in an environment where you’re surrounded by your native language, and just learning a new language through studying, exercises, etc. Kids learn their first language through total immersion. But think about the level of language that, say, an 8-year-old has in their native language. An adult who immerses themselves in a foreign language for eight years would not speak that language like an 8-year-old, they’d be pretty fluent.
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