Keeping Up With ESL

How often have your heard that it’s easier for children to learn a new language than it is for adults? Don’t despair that you’ll never be able to learn Spanish to talk with your students or take that trip to Barcelona. There have been some studies suggesting that children might not always have the advantage in language learning. There’s still hope for us adults!

Linguistic researchers have found that under certain conditions, adults can have a leg up. One advantage the article suggests is that adults already have a deeper understanding about how language works from having learned the complexities and nuances of their first language.

To find out more, check out the article published in The Telegraph. What do you think? Do you agree?

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