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Oligalma Posted 11 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Why does a 10-year-old native kid speak better English than I do?

I am Spanish and I've been studying English for many years (I'm 30 now). However, I've often noticed that a 10-year-old native kid can speak much better than I do, and has better hearing as well. Why?
  

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10 years of total immersion in a language as a child is better than 10+ years of studying it as an adult. A-Stars here.

  • 10 years of total immersion in a language as a child is better than 10+ years of studying it as an adult.
  • A-Stars here.
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10 years of total immersion in a language as a child is better than 10+ years of studying it as an adult.

A-Stars here.
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Read up on first- and second-language acquisition theories.

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