Is learning ENGLISH just for the YOUNG?!

The FUTURE of Learning

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You may be surprised to know this that in fact the best time to learn English is not the same for every discipline in the language.

For example, studies have shown that in fact children are the best learners of pronunciation however teenagers and adults are much more capable of learning the language in reading, writing, and listening.  This is mainly because as a child you are acquiring all things around you, including your own language, so pronunciation (if it is taught correctly) will be picked up easily. However if you are in your teens, your spoken language is already set and you are much more willing to focus on the other aspects of learning, .e.g. reading and writing.

An interesting case in point is a child who was perhaps born in their non-native English country and was moved to a native English country before the…

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