> However, looking more closely at the data for the students who started learning after the age of 20, there are a lot of late learners who outperformed many na

> However, looking more closely at the data for the students who started learning after the age of 20, there are a lot of late learners who outperformed many native English speakers. Anyone who has been around expats and their children in a foreign country knows this is anecdotally false. Not only do kids pick it up faster, they’re immersed in it in a way that adults just really can’t be. Within the first year it’s clear as day. It feels like this study is saying “we proved people on a motorcycle and people on a pogo stick can each travel 100 miles”