Why aren’t more people multilingual? - Deepstash
Why aren’t more people multilingual?

Why aren’t more people multilingual?

So, why aren’t more of us multilingual? There are dozens of decent answers but a common retort doesn’t have much merit at all: the idea that adults, just can’t learn languages as easily as children can.

Cildren tend to pick up new languages quickly and easily, it has more to do with how they learn than how old they are. Kids absorb and infer lots of information about language simply by listening to family, friends, teachers and the media around them.

By contrast, adults tend to learn in rigid academic settings where they have little say in what they study and where the stakes are also higher.

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