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Re: English Language in Paris Posted on: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:19:26 +0200

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 15:24:25 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

>Doesn't Frequently Mop writes:
>
>> The ability to learn tends to diminish with age, and thus acquiring
>> languages gets more difficult.
>
>The small changes in aptitude that occur are not nearly enough to explain the
>differences in results in language learning. Additionally, variations in
>these minor changes in aptitude are of far smaller magnitude than variations
>in the (apparent) ability to learn languages between adults and children.
Says you. How many adults have you succeeded in teaching English to a level
where you couldn't tell that they weren't native speakers in a year?
--

Martin