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> Children don’t learn languages faster than adults, but they do reach higher levels of mastery. > adults simply plateau at a non-native level of ability, give
by yellow_lead 3y ago
> Children don’t learn languages faster than adults, but they do reach higher levels of mastery.
> adults simply plateau at a non-native level of ability, given continued practice.
If adults plateau and kids don't, kids do learn languages faster.
- jjnoakes 3y agoIf by "learn" you mean "native mastery" then I suppose you are saying only kids reach that level, so they are "faster" simply because they are the only ones to finish. The article considers "learn" to mean roughly "fluency", short of native mastery, and adults tend to reach fluency faster, then plateau. So depending on nuance, you and the article are both right in some sense.