THE ACQUISITION-LEARNING DISTINCTION IN SECOND LANGUAGE

Research shows that it's important to "exercise" your brain. Learning a language is one of the most effective ways to do this.
Benefits of speaking or learning a second language:

• It improves overall cognitive abilities.
• It decreases ...

There are three possible reasons why the ability to learn a language decreases at 18.

• Social changes: At 18, late teens typically graduate high school and may no longer have the time, opportunity or learning environment to study a second language.
• Interference: Th...

• When adults try to learn a new language, they tend to rely on their prefrontal cortex (PFC).
• Growing evidence finds that learning can improve when the PFC “turns off” and allows the more primitive, less-familiarized non-declarative memory system to take lead.
• You can’t tur...