So just where did this hideous stereotype about adults learning foreign language originate? It came from some very old science.
There used to be a theory on brain development from the 1960s which taught that there was a crucial period an individual had before the brain lost its plasticity, making learning a second language too difficult. (Lenneberg, 1967)
It was a believed if you didnt get your second language learning done before puberty, your goose was pretty well cooked.
Modern studies have shown though some differences between how a child and an adult learns a second language do exist, the older learner has the distinct advantage. The adult learner of Spanish can learn the language faster because of the following:
The adults maturely developed brain has the superior ability to understand the relationship between semantics and grammar.
The adults brain is more mature in its ability to absorb vocabulary, grammatical structures, and to make more higher order generalizations and associations.
The adult learners better-developed brain is better at putting together all the pieces with a more developed long-term memory.
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