Learning a Second Language
Why is it so much easier for a child to learn a second language than for an adult?
Learning a Second Language Why is it so much easier for a child to learn a second language than for an adult?
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Watsana R.
9/20/2010 02:16:45 pm
Because children’s brains and the age are special, they are easier to mold, to suppurate and to remember.
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Veniamin Susin
9/21/2010 03:41:12 am
Why I think it is easier for a child to learn second language then for adult.
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Fatmir. K
9/23/2010 02:48:16 am
Learning a second language is an important goal for both children and adults. It may be a great advantage in the academic and professional life of a person. Knowing a second language give to a person a background of knowledge and may help him to better learn other things.
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Fatmir.K
9/23/2010 02:48:57 am
Learning a second language is an important goal for both children and adults. It may be a great advantage in the academic and professional life of a person. Knowing a second language give to a person a background of knowledge and may help him to better learn other things.
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9/23/2010 06:25:04 pm
That is most children learn second language easier adult, but I not sure all children do it easier because some children are not. In my discuss, so adult can learn second language easier. I think that language learning is the same way. Adult may learn faster or slower than the next but if they work hard they will learn the language. However, the kids are easily on their memory because adults can achieve the same results but it takes time and hard work. So the kids just saw as part of life and occurred naturally for them in their daily activities. Sometime adults are no different than kids in our ability to learn except that they have this intellectual or emotional baggage that tells that they cannot do something or that it is too difficult and not worth trying. So the Kids just do it because it is part of their life. More reason adult do not learn second language easier the kids because adult do not remind good, work hard or worry about family, friend and other thing. As adult build up language learning too much in their mind as something hard or think it will be easy and then get discouraged when they do not speak fluently language. Some time adult compare between native language and second language. So children just all play and no work to make it even more frustrating for the adult learn struggle. More reason, the Children learn a new language easily and adults do not because according to the theory, the magic is limited to childhood. And second, this theory helps adult learners to accept their fate. With the magic gone, they find it a little easier to buckle down to their difficult studies, knowing that now there is no other way for them to learn a new language and a child is not in the least interested in language for its own sake or a child does not let language that he does not understand confuse him or child enjoys the repetitive events of his life, and uses this enjoyment to help him learn the new language or child adds words to his speaking vocabulary more easily if he already knows how to pronounce them. I think that it is easier for kids to learn a second language than adults. However, adults are just more aware of all of the hard work it takes to learn a language.
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Tetyana Sh
9/24/2010 03:59:00 pm
I think that it is must easier to learn a second languege for children than for adults because first of all thay have more time to spend on studying.
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Lyubov Hudz
9/24/2010 04:11:09 pm
Why is it much easier for children to learn a second language than an adult?
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It is easier for a child to learn a second language than an adult because children tend to pick up stuff faster than adult because they want to learn so much and they still are learning so its easier. The brain is fresh and ready to go as oppose to older people. Also I think the younger you are the more time you have on your hands and have a greater will to learn. They also absorb more, pay attention more, and their minds are still growing. So I think it's good to let our child learn another language when they were young because kid’s brains are like sponges, they’re ready to absorb anything.
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fatima hernandez
9/24/2010 05:55:22 pm
In my opinion it’s true the statement that they say about children learning faster than an adult. The majority of time children learn faster a second language then and adult. Sometime I wonder why, if we as adults have more knowledge then the children. I think one of the reasons children learn faster than we do, because as we bring them here they have the chance to go to school right away. Also in the same way they go to school, they have to speak English all the time and they get to know new people and make new friends. Children practice more often and sometimes they even forget their native language because they get so used to talk in English. We as adults it’s harder, I think one of the major reasons is the routine in our lives. In my experience my life is busier and I have more things to worry about. I came here when I was fourteen and since then I been having so much trouble learning the language. I used to go to school and not understanding my teachers to me it was pointless I learned the basic of the language then I had to deal with it by myself. It was hard because at school I had Mexican friend whom all speak Spanish; I never practice with them then I would go home and speak Spanish with my parents because they didn’t speak English. Most of my everyday life I speak Spanish I don’t get to practice and it gets harder for me to learn it. That’s one of the reasons I think is easier for kids to learn faster than the adults.
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Valentyna Ryshkova
9/25/2010 01:32:35 am
Learning a second language is easier for young people because they have good memories. Older people usually have memories that are not as good as the memory of a young person. A good memory is important in order to remember new words. Older people also have the habit of speaking one language, and young people are not as used to specking the same language. Another reason that young people learn a second language is becau se young people are curious. They want to know about many different things. Older people often accept life as it is. Many older people are not interested in speaking another language. These older people are happy to speak their native language. If person comes to America, they may get a job learning another language may be necessary to work at that job. Many older people do not work, so they do not need to learn another language. Older people may live with family members who only speak their native language. The older people may not talk with speakers of another language. Young people also listen to music and watch television. Older people usually are not at interested in these things. In order to understand music and television, a young person may have to learn another language. In fact, young people may learn parts of another language from popular music and television. Travel can also make young people interested in learning another language. Older people like or need to stay home more than young people. Who ever wants to learn another language is a hard-worked, young or old. If a person does not want to learn another language is lazy!
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Bénédicte C.
9/25/2010 04:45:14 am
I think it’s so much easier for a child to learn a second language than for an adult because his brain is in development. A child is in the period where he learns a lot of things. He is adapted to learn many things. An adult is not anymore in this period, so his brain is not adapted to learn. For an adult, it takes more time and more energy to learn a second language. The adult has already his own language and many things in memory. He has a job, a family, and he often has some issues. So maybe an adult has more difficulties to concentrate on the new language. It’s instinctive for the child to memory the new vocabulary. Moreover learn a second language is like a game for the child. They are more curious about new things. Children have more time to watch a movie or a cartoon in the second language. For example, in France there are cartoons which teach you the English language. In this way, it’s funny to learn a new language. And also children can learn faster a second language by listening to music.
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Alena P
9/25/2010 05:49:49 am
This is a difficult question. I think it is easier for children learning a second language because destkaya memory is occupied not so much different information. They are open and fresh to learn. So the children do not have as much brake and systems, constraint as we adults. Adults all my life talking the same language and are harder to learn another language is not similar. For example I always prevalence of shyness and fear of saying something is not right. I am ashamed to say in presence of my countrymen who speak perfect English, so I'm afraid to write them in English that would not make mistakes. And the children they do not think as adults, they are simpler. The fact that they have on their minds, they said, and ran on. It turns out they have and practice more than in adults. While the adults shy children practiced. So the children go to school, where communicate in English with their classmates and teachers. And this is a big plus as well. Even with no children so much Del and problems as adults they have only to learn, and everything else for them do parents.
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Vasylysa M.
9/25/2010 08:20:25 am
I think it’s so much easier for a child to learn a second language than for an adult, because a child brain is still growing it is easier for a child to accept new information. A child is in the period where they learn a lot of things. An adult is not anymore in this period, so adult’s brain is not adapted to learn. For an adult, it takes more time and more energy to learn a second language. The adult has already their own language and many things in memory. Also I think they can remember so many things at the same time, they can’t think only about the language, they think about bills, have a lot of responsibilities, about how to support their children and family, and their brain filled with other information. The children do not think nothing, they don’t worry how they are going to pay bills, and theirs brains not filled with unnecessary information. That’s why they can learn much faster than their parents.
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Changmin Han
9/25/2010 08:24:53 am
I don’t think it is so much easier for a child to learn a second language than for an adult. It is sometimes true, but there are many reasons. Firstly, The problem lies in your habitual mental attitude. Your success depends on how determined you are. Yes it is. This is preparation. Age doesn’t matter. Of course, an adult has to do many things, but that’s mere excuse. Secondly, I want to ask you. Are you experiencing particularly difficult or joyful events in your life? If you are an adult, maybe it is possible. If you are children, maybe you are not. I think the hard part is eating the age to study, at the head tight, not too much of the world found out that because of the fun. For example, If you're like the weather today with my girlfriend or hang out with my friends, I want to go somewhere. And Pancake on a rainy day and a cup of rice wine, found out the fun is speaking. I'm older, but not eaten, (and I are adults.) Knew the weekend dawns, friends and a glass of wine because you find out the fun now, is difficult to learn English a second language. In conclude, I have to study now. If child better than me, but I have to study hard. Anyway I oppose about children better than adult. It is just a matter of attitude. If you can't avoid it, you might as well try and enjoy it.
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Rostislav Kh.
9/25/2010 09:47:37 am
Everybody agree that it is so much easier for a child to learn a second .language than for an adult. Children learn everything automatically. They don't need to force themselves to study a second language. They absorb everything what they see and hear. Also they try to imitate how to speak from other kids and adults. Their brains work much faster and able to keep a lot of information. As a result, kids learn a second language very fast. While kids become older they start to lose their ability to learn quickly. Unlike kids, adults have to force themselves to study language. They don't have ability to remember, everything .It is very hard to them to remember a lot of information. Also their brain not able to keep a lot of new information .So, for adults it is a big problem to study a second language. It is possible, but it takes a lot of time and power. Also, adults have to work and do a lot of things. They don't have enough time to study hard. They might have a problem with their health. Also, because they are busy, they don't have enough practice, such as speaking. It is very hard to adults to start thinking in different way. When they learn a language they try to translate every single word, but it is not so good way to study a language .It is also might be a reason why adults learn a language so slowly. In short, kids learn a second language much easier and more quickly than adults because they have more ability to remember and use new words. Unfortunately, adults don't have that ability that's why they learn a second language much slower than kids.
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Tatyana K.
9/25/2010 10:49:49 am
Children usually adapt to new social environment faster than adults. The easily accept a new society in a new country, they adapt to new languages and culture quickly. Changes are not as stressful for children, as they are for grownups. When children grow, they learn from us, from people around them. The English language becomes a part of child’s life when they move into a new country. Minors accept this language as another challenge in their growing. They learn English, as they study math and history. They learn how to behave themselves, how to respect others, and other customs of this new culture. They are young, and so their bodies and brains is are still developing at this age. They learn English easier, because it’s normal for their age to study and continue learning. My children, for example, raised in a Russian family, like to go to school. They spend eight hours every day in an English speaking environment. They don’t see a nationality difference between themselves and Americans. They have been in an American school since first grade. The school played a big role of their knowledge for English language. Children growing up, still absorb their environment and the way people behave. Therefore, they don’t have “stereotypes” for their culture. On the other hand, adults already have their own stereotypes, attitude and manners. Learning an American culture and English language is more difficult for grownups, because they already have their own culture and language. They have to rebuild themselves to accept new ways of life and a new language. An addition to that, language with different pronunciations makes a bigger barrier on learning English. For instant, it’s much easier for me to learn Belarus or Polish languages, then American-English language, because pronunciations in Slavic languages are similar. Also pronunciation is easier for my kids, then for me, because they get to practice it in school and with friends. Since I have more Russian speaking friends, I don’t practice English as much as my kids do.
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Tim Bogveradze
9/25/2010 12:17:39 pm
Children have a very good memory, kids memorize everything. Professors, Doctors say that kids until seven years old can learn up to several languages at the same time. Children s brain develop very fast. Kids say words without embarrassment if they do not say it correctly. Children don't feel embarrassment about what they say. I saw many times kids that came to United States didn't know English, but when kids are playing among children that talks in English they learn very fast second language. Children have very good memory. Adults are very different. Adults its very hard to learn second language, they cannot learn that fast. Adults are very embarrass to speak. They think if I'm going to say it wrong then people will laugh at them. Children in other hand don't think that way.
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Paraskoviya M.
9/25/2010 02:35:05 pm
I think second language is easier for the kids learn it than the adults, the earlier the child gets into a new country the faster the child learns the second language that it even forgets the home language. The children have a much better memory than the adults. When they hear the language they remember it, they don’t ask why or why not like adults do. A child is like a small tree when you plant it adopts and grows. Immigrant’s children that are born here don’t know any other life and the language is really easy to learn them. For the adults it is much different, their head is filled with different thoughts that the language doesn’t stay in their head. When immigrants move to another country, they get a culture shock, but children don’t get it. During, this hard time of period people miss their relatives, they are homesick and get a depression. Many people can’t deal with that problem, and they have to learn the 2nd language, and that is hard for them. For example when I came to the U.S I never thought that my children would speak the language in two years, even at home, but we can’t speak English yet even thou we go to college every day, I am busy with homework from college all day. And still we can’t speak English. My opinion children learn second language faster than adults.
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Tatyana San.
9/25/2010 03:23:55 pm
In my opinion, it’s so much easier for children to learn a second language that for adult for several reason. First of all, children have to get along well with the classmates who speak English in new school, or new society. For children to learn foreign language is important and very useful. Knowledge of foreign language helps them to develop friendship and understanding among people. Children with an youth maximum power of life can’t be different from their friends and don’t understand what are they talking about, or be afraid that other children will not understand them.
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Jenny M
9/25/2010 04:03:59 pm
In my opinion, there are many reasons why it is so much easier for a child and why it is more difficult for an adult to learn a second language.
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Veronica C
9/25/2010 04:29:54 pm
I believe that learning a second language is difficult for both children and adults. I think the most important thing is to want to do it and then to work hard on it. In that way both children and adult will have a result. Maybe it will be faster for some of them but I don’t know if easy too. I know that many people will say that for children are much easier to lean everything and a second language too, but I believe that for children are easier because they don’t have so much information in their brain as an adult has. Then they use at school more logical exercises witch help them to train their brain. I also believe that children have more healthy cells in their brain because they train more and the blood circulation in better that of adults. That’s why maybe children can learn a second language faster.
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Anna O.
9/26/2010 07:50:16 am
I think children learn foreign language faster and easier because they have less worries. They have more time to study than adults have. They can pick new words from other children when playing together. Adults don’t have that much time because they are busy with families and work, and that takes away time which they could’ve spent on studying the language.
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Svitlana Kovalova
9/26/2010 09:33:37 am
I think that when children get into a foreign country without knowing the language, children learn language faster than adults. That is a week walking in the yard with their peers the child is able to explain to domestic issues with other people better than that obtained from his parents. Why is this happening? Is it possible to learn this ability in children acquire language on the fly, and if so, how?
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Yuki M
9/26/2010 10:36:37 am
Learning a Second Language
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Normita D
9/26/2010 11:22:16 am
Its easier to children learn a second language than adult because they developing their brain and easier to picked up the language. But speaking a second language is an important skill for all people, both young and adult. It has been believed that children are better able to learn a second language. In actuality, it is not that children learn language better than adults, but that adults and children learn language differently. By understanding these differences and making adjustments to the learning process, all people can acquire a second language, no matter their age. One reason that it seems that children acquire a second language quicker than adults is because of the different standards of proficiency between adults and children. Because children and adults learn differently and use different parts of their brains to process language, the way they are taught a second language should also differ. And children they have small brain not adults with a big brain.
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Lyudmyla G
9/26/2010 12:11:27 pm
Adult speak their language a long time.They know about language everything.They know how write and how pronounce.Adult write an essay in their language easy.In short an adult know their language very well.The children just start to learn their language.Children in young an age can't talk very well because they don't know a lot of words.Their mind is young.So,when adult start to learn another language it is difficult for them.They study very hurt.They take adult schools and colleges but most of them can not to learn.Why?I don't know but I think adult try to translate everything with the dictionary.They have not a lot of practice with people who can speak that language.Also they have not friends who speak that language and who can help them.Their mind also is older than the children's mind.Children learn another language very easy and fast because they are younger than an adult.Their mind is young too.They never compare firs language with another.They just study.Children have a lot of practice in school with other children.They don't translate.They remember words mining.That is why they learn other language easier.
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inderdeep g
9/26/2010 12:24:57 pm
I think it is easier to learn second language for children then adults, because kids have good brain to learn fast than adults. Kids aren’t afraid to speak incorrect and write. They study all subject in English at school. Kids learn lots of vocabulary from other subjects. Kids have good memory to learn new word and they do not have many problem. adult’s memory get bad and they always afraid to speak incorrect .adults have hard to memorize new words .they have lots of problems. Adults wasn’t have time to study at home .
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Kim Nguyuen
9/26/2010 12:50:18 pm
Learning a Second Language
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Minghi K
9/26/2010 02:21:33 pm
Most children are excellent language learners. They can learn a second language quickly and easily. Most adults find learning a second language difficult. They must study hard, and it usually takes them a long time to master the language. Adults usually try to learn a second language the same way they learn mathematics, science, history, or other subjects. Moreover, they translate English that they read, listen, and write to their own language. It takes a lot of process to use English. However, children learn a second language the same way they learned their first language. First, they hear. Second, they speak what they heard. Finally, they write what they heard and spoke. Because of this simple process, children think in English as language, not a subject we have to learn. Most of all, other children who are using English as a first language, are also language learners. It is easy to catch up their level of English skill. In conclusion, the child language learner has all the necessary skills to learn another language, but the adult language learner of ten has to relearn these skills in order to learn a second language.
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Ivan Radov
9/26/2010 03:02:11 pm
I think that for children more easier to study a second language,because their brains is young and they still develop.They easy accept information environment .Their memory more sensitive and plastic,they receive almost everything what they hear and see.they have more motivation than adults.For some children learning second language it is like a competition with other children and they listen carefully with interesting.Most people try to teach their children in young age foreign language,because when they grow up they cannot learn fast like young children.
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yoann d.
9/26/2010 03:12:49 pm
Firstly, the brain of a child is able to memorize because it's young. His brain is more flexible
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Kevin H.
9/26/2010 03:12:49 pm
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9/26/2010 03:39:58 pm
Learning a second Language is so much easier for children than adult because they have better memories than adult .They don't worry about this .They don't shy as adult.Children like anything new.For example :my granddaughter like to learn new songs and repeat new words.She remembers this very fast.We adult are afraid to speak.We seem that we don't say the words correct .We think how should we say them.We also think that someone will think about us bad things ,but there are people who learn a second language very easy .For example :my daughter she lives in America less then I but she even now the language more then I do .Our ability to hear and understand a second language becomes more and more difficult with age .It is an accepted fast that the younger the child ,the easier it is for them to learn a second language .Children are able to understand words and hear small sound differences that adults often, miss making understanding more difficult for adults.
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Laura M
9/26/2010 03:42:43 pm
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snezhana shloma
9/26/2010 03:56:16 pm
There's many reasons why children learn English as a second language more faster then adults.Why children speak as a native speakers but not adults.We never can find a right answer but we can just guess.Children they are small and their brain is growing up.They learn each thing what they see or what they hear.They repeated each word what we talk or what their friends talk.Sometimes they had friends from other nationalities and they speak with each other on different language.But still they understand each other.Sometimes they didn't understand what they speak about at all and this is okay for them.They think its all right so they just learned really fast.They hear English everywhere.They go to school and study English like a native language.They can learn it really fast with lot of enthusiasm.Adults is a big problem with learning English as a second language.Adults learn it at school at work but still they are in a problem.Their brain isn't growing up so they are kinda slow learner.They need lot of time to memorize something.They can study for hole day and on the next day they just forgot what they study yesterday.Another problem can be that adults might not have enough enthusiasm for learning as children do.Sometimes they just shy to speak in English with somebody and that is the biggest problem for them because you need to have as more practice as you can do it.
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Tina Sh.
9/26/2010 04:08:57 pm
Some people think that happens because kids have more clear mind and their head isn’t full of many different problems, but it isn’t true. What do the children act like in real life? They go out and begin to try to communicate with their friends. It is interesting to make friends, learn something interesting, to participate in games and activities for all children. Kids don’t pay attention to the correctness of their speech; they try to speak at every opportunity. They try to correct themselves, when somebody corrects them or if they hear someone do it differently. They learn new words and expressions, because they often hear them.
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MARTHA DLR
9/26/2010 04:27:32 pm
LEARNING ENGLISH LIKE A SECOND LENGUAGE
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Reyna M.
9/27/2010 12:07:44 am
Learning a second language is really important for me. This is how everyone can understand each other. And it is especially important to learn English as this is one of the universal languages. There are significant differences between adults and children in learning a second language. Adults have difficulties in learning a new language because their native language is stuck in their minds. As for children, they have an easier road to a second language because the time clock of life is in their favor and it is important to learn the second language so that they feel welcome to their new country.
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toan n
9/27/2010 04:53:58 am
In my opinion, it’s so much easier for a child to learn a second language than or an adult with many reasons. First, when they speak they don’t think to their native language, they talk the second language like native speaker influence. For example, my cousin can speak three language; Chinese, Vietnamese, English. That’s amazing right. His parents are Chinese and Vietnamese. Absolutely is his native language, he goes school every day and speaks with his friends and people around by English. He speaks Chinese and Vietnamese with his parent at home. I ask them how come he can do that. They said, each language goes into his mind naturally. When he speak, he doesn’t think much like adult, he just follows adult speaks and repeats, that’s why his accent like native speaker. Second, mind’s children don’t store much information. They learn a second language much easier than adult. For example, when they learn second language, they don’t use native language like adult. Adult people learn second language has to use dictionary. They use it in two ways, it makes they confuses and harder. Those reasons are approve a children learn a second language much easier.
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9/29/2010 07:15:05 pm
Children are like sponges when they are young. They can pick up many languages when they are smaller.
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yu.brown
10/13/2010 02:20:36 pm
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Alex H.
10/15/2010 01:42:04 pm
learning a second language is an important goal for all people. it is necessity for our life. People all ages need to know couple languages.Knowledge foreign language makes our living easier .Some people have special ability to learn second language. They just read or watch something, and they remember it for the rest of life.However, we know that each person learns things differently. For some people it takes more time. They need to repeat everything many times, until they will know.
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Aurelia B
10/17/2010 03:16:13 pm
Journal 5
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Marcos.C
12/12/2010 12:15:17 pm
I believe that learning a second language is difficult for both children and adults. I think the most important thing is to want to do it and then to work hard on it. In that way both children and adult will have a result. Maybe it will be faster for some of them but I don’t know if easy too. I know that many people will say that for children are much easier to lean everything and a second language too, but I believe that for children are easier because they don’t have so much information in their brain as an adult has. Then they use at school more logical exercises witch help them to train their brain. I also believe that children have more healthy cells in their brain because they train more and the blood circulation in better that of adults. That’s why maybe children can learn a second language faster.
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