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Yes, it's possible. What I was trying to say, is that children get almost invariably past a certain level of goodness, whereas with adults, the results vary a l
by GolDDranks 3y ago
Yes, it's possible. What I was trying to say, is that children get almost invariably past a certain level of goodness, whereas with adults, the results vary a lot. And I agree that motivation has a lot to do with it, as well as that children are very motivated.
- 082349872349872 3y agoI agree that for most adult learners, aiming for accent-free is likely to disappoint. However, my personal figure of merit is getting to the point where people are happy conversing with you in their L1/your L2, rather than wishing to swap to their L2/your L1, and any reasonably motivated adult ought to find that attainable. no effort: your L1, their L2 easy mode: your L1, their L1 aim for: your L2, their L1 hard mode: your L2, their L2 (indeed, in my experience —past an acceptable baseline— people judge L2 speech far more by register and rhetoric than by phoneme production) > children are very motivated That, and much less afraid that they "might make a mistake"