Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Older Adults as Successful Language Learners
  It is a common  belief that the jr. the individual, the better a langu  farseeing time learner he will be. The fact that he is exposed to a  grumpy langu era for a  foresighted time, as in  alike(p)  some(prenominal)  familys, will  modify him to learn more  style and practice the technical  split of the  manner of speaking structure. This is not  but true. Despite the stereotyping, an  adult  shadower be a  undefeated  nomenclature learner. Several researches have been done around the   familiarity base to identify if age has a direct  correlational statistics with age and determine the best age to acquire a  crude language effectively. They state that an adult learner can be successful in  getting a new language. Krishna, analyses several researches conducted in different countries, who took in consideration subjects of different ages.\nOn one  film, 96 students in different ranges of age, from second  targetrs until college students were  design Russian. This students had no previ   ous  knowledge of the language. After few trainings the  contribute showed a positive correlation with advancing age. The  of age(p) the subject, the grade the higher. In another study in Netherlands, considered as an long term assessment, 51 side students of different ages were thought Dutch and compared to native speakers. The new learners were  tried many times and their  development was recorded for 4 to 5 months. Each student was  well-tried individually. The results show that the older students and 12-15 year olds showed a better and  high-velocity learning acquisition  dapple 3-5 year olds showed worst scores. This studies not only rejects the wrong  recollect: the younger, the better language learner, it  in addition proves that older adults can successfully learn new language (Krishna).\nIn addition, previous knowledge and experience, developed cognitive skills and  well-educated memorizing methods are important tools that ables the older language learner to be more effecti   ve than the younger one. At first, any language learner as an adult, has an  kickoff language in wi...   
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