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【外刊精读】年龄会限制语言学习吗？

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There’sacommonassumptionthatifsomeonestartslearningalanguagewhentheyareveryyoung,theywillquicklybecomefluent.Manypeoplealsoassumethatitwillbecomemuchhardertolearnalanguageiftheystartlaterinlife.Researchintolanguagelearningshowsthathowoldsomeoneiswhentheylearnalanguagedoesmatter,butthereisnopointatwhichtheabilitytolearnalanguageswitchesoff.Whileayounglanguagelearnercanmoreeasilyacquireanativeaccent,adultsretaintheabilitytolearnnewlanguageswellintolaterlife.Anyonecancontinu