Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as children: study

Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by stared on Sunday May 12, 2019 @11:16AM (#19892401)

I heard the same thing ~a year ago, on a cognitive science conference (on language and cognition, http://web.archive.org/web/20181113181842/http://cogsys.stro...). Was surprised. It was presented by pure scientists, so didn't expect any commercial bias.

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Re:Adults learn language to fluency nearly as well as childr... by mrzool on Sunday May 12, 2019 @01:30PM (#19893214)

I’m not contesting that. It might very well be true that adults can become proficient in a language at a quasi-native level. As expat and language learner I sure hope it is.

I’m merely suggesting that this article in particular (and the study behind it) might be bogus and that people should not fall for it.

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