THE YOUNGER-THE-BETTER-LANGUAGE-LEARNER FALLACY: There are elements of language learning, such as phonology, which are enhanced by early learning, but it seems to be the case that older learners perform better on morphology and grammar. It would also seem that the more analytical type of skills and those which are pragmatically determined are acquired with greater cognitive maturity. We have to consider that children take many years in acquiring proficiency in their mother-tongue, certainly many more than are required by the average mature language learner in the learning of a foreign language. In fact children have little else to do except acquire language during the first period of their lives. (FUNIBER)
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