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Subject: Re: English Language in Paris Posted on: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:37:12 +0200

Padraig Breathnach writes:

> Children not only do better, they do differently.

They do differently, but they don't do better. Children require a decade to
learn a language; adults move considerably faster. Children learn
pronunciation first but have trouble with grammar; adults tend to learn
grammar first but have trouble with pronunciation. Over the long term, the
differences diminish.