From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:49:12 +0100, Jeroen Belleman   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 1/30/26 21:00, Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester wrote:   
   >> Bill Sloman  wrote:   
   >> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|   
   >> |"Languages aren't learned any faster if you learn them young"           |   
   >> |------------------------------------------------------------------------|   
   >>   
   >> It is much easier for a child to learn a language than it is for an   
   >> old person.   
   >   
   >An often repeated myth, entirely untrue.   
   >   
   >Adults can learn a new language in much less time than a   
   >child, provided they are motivated and immersed. Those are   
   >the keys, motivation and immersion.   
   >   
   >Jeroen Belleman   
      
   Adults rarely acquire a new accent at native level.   
      
   https://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critical-p   
   riod-learning-language-0501   
      
      
      
      
      
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