An Introduction to an Essay on How Important is a Learner’s Age in Learning another Language? – Level 3

Description: A short article about age and learning another language

Instructions: Read the following sentences and answer the questions of fill in the spaces

Anyone can learn a language at any age. Young children can learn to speak a second or third language fluently and become true bilinguals and multilinguals.

Many people believe that learning a second language as a child is much easier than as an adult.  Age-related studies of language learners focus on differences in the speed of learning, the neurological processing involved and the type of language learned in classroom-based or socially-based learning (Harley, 1986).

The fact is that in a world where more and more people are on the move, willingly or unwillingly, it is often not possible to choose the age at which language learning starts.