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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 8, 2018 1:46:13 GMT
This isn't fair. I was able to learn 3 languages before age 9 with ease. Then in high school I was like time to learn Spanish and thought it would be easy too. But then it was difficult. I mean I still learned a lot but cannot say I'm fluent Why is this the case with learning languages? Shouldn't your brain be more advanced when older to learn better not worse?
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Post by kusler on Aug 8, 2018 13:30:22 GMT
Maybe because they are formable enough. It mostly is because children learn a language by absorbing common phrases and words and slowly getting thier context. You however learn from books.
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Post by FireFoxAssassin on Aug 13, 2018 18:39:37 GMT
It's because a child's brain is more "moldable" and is able to absorb more information quicker. As you get older, your brain starts to become more "solid", which makes it harder to absorb information and thus is harder to learn. You may think of it as cement, at first it's practically a liquid, but leave it long enough and soon you will have firm and solid concrete blocks that will absorb impacts.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 15, 2018 6:34:37 GMT
It's because a child's brain is more "moldable" and is able to absorb more information quicker. As you get older, your brain starts to become more "solid", which makes it harder to absorb information and thus is harder to learn. You may think of it as cement, at first it's practically a liquid, but leave it long enough and soon you will have firm and solid concrete blocks that will absorb impacts. So you mean that teaching a kid algebra in like 3rd grade is better than teaching it to them in high school?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 8:42:07 GMT
It's because a child's brain is more "moldable" and is able to absorb more information quicker. As you get older, your brain starts to become more "solid", which makes it harder to absorb information and thus is harder to learn. You may think of it as cement, at first it's practically a liquid, but leave it long enough and soon you will have firm and solid concrete blocks that will absorb impacts. So you mean that teaching a kid algebra in like 3rd grade is better than teaching it to them in high school? yes that was not the right explanation by the Mozila firefox . i simply think they are are constantly exposed to the language unlike now we dedicate only few hours to learn . so its fair Elizabeth . Which is the third language u mastered?
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Post by kusler on Aug 15, 2018 10:21:19 GMT
They are more moldable, but their minds are also far more simpler, so they are concrete in their own way.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 15, 2018 18:20:34 GMT
So you mean that teaching a kid algebra in like 3rd grade is better than teaching it to them in high school? yes that was not the right explanation by the Mozila firefox . i simply think they are are constantly exposed to the language unlike now we dedicate only few hours to learn . so its fair Elizabeth . Which is the third language u mastered? Other than English there's Ukrainian and Russian
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Post by FireFoxAssassin on Aug 15, 2018 18:59:23 GMT
It's because a child's brain is more "moldable" and is able to absorb more information quicker. As you get older, your brain starts to become more "solid", which makes it harder to absorb information and thus is harder to learn. You may think of it as cement, at first it's practically a liquid, but leave it long enough and soon you will have firm and solid concrete blocks that will absorb impacts. So you mean that teaching a kid algebra in like 3rd grade is better than teaching it to them in high school? All I said was that they absorb information quicker, which doesn't inherently mean they would understand it at first. However, it definitely does help trying to understand it at an early age since learning it later in life will feel familiar and thus easier. But this is about language, which is slightly different, because children learn languages over a long period of time, and not over short periods like how to do algebra.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 15, 2018 19:17:53 GMT
So you mean that teaching a kid algebra in like 3rd grade is better than teaching it to them in high school? All I said was that they absorb information quicker, which doesn't inherently mean they would understand it at first. However, it definitely does help trying to understand it at an early age since learning it later in life will feel familiar and thus easier. But this is about language, which is slightly different, because children learn languages over a long period of time, and not over short periods like how to do algebra. One of the first things kids learn is to communicate so I guess this is the language stage to learn a language best. I've heard of like 3 amd 4 year olds who were on tv and showed knowledge in like 10 languages. They were supposed to read and converse in it with a stranger. I was like wow! I should find it and link it here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 20:03:17 GMT
yes that was not the right explanation by the Mozila firefox . i simply think they are are constantly exposed to the language unlike now we dedicate only few hours to learn . so its fair Elizabeth . Which is the third language u mastered? Other than English there's Ukrainian and Russian The other two besides English, aren't they almost the same ?
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 15, 2018 20:14:56 GMT
Other than English there's Ukrainian and Russian The other two besides English, aren't they almost the same ? I don't know many Russians who understand Ukrainian or can pronounce things well Shrug But then I had 2 grandparents who understood Russian but could never speak it. The Russian talks to them in Russian...they'll understand it but will reply in ukrainian..and the Russian got frustrated
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 20:18:41 GMT
The other two besides English, aren't they almost the same ? I don't know many Russians who understand Ukrainian or can pronounce things well Shrug But then I had 2 grandparents who understood Russian but could never speak it. The Russian talks to them in Russian...they'll understand it but will reply in ukrainian..and the Russian got frustrated . So there is a ton of difference . thank you
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