From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 1/31/26 00:53, john larkin wrote:   
   > On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:49:12 +0100, Jeroen Belleman   
   >  wrote:   
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   >> 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"           |   
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   >>> 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.   
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   >> Jeroen Belleman   
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   > Adults rarely acquire a new accent at native level.   
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   > https://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critical   
   period-learning-language-0501   
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   > John Larkin   
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   True, but those natives probably don't have the linguistic   
   abilities of the foreign speaker. Your thinking is shaped   
   by language, and speaking more languages is enriching.   
      
   I'm native Dutch, but I've been told I have a French   
   accent now.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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