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Cake day: July 23rd, 2023

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  • “Dump 100 average 10-year-olds in Spain and most will be able to reach near-native fluency without much effort. Dump 100 average 35-year-olds in Spain and most won’t reach near-native fluency without struggling a great deal.”

    is NOT saying

    “Having an accent is bad; only perfect pronunciation is good enough.”

    “You need flawless grammar to be able to communicate.”

    “Hard = impossible”

    “There is no point in learning a language if you struggle.”

    “35-year-olds shouldn’t even try.”

    I got a bunch of downvotes for my comment. I guess you’re not the only one reading “it’s much harder” = “there is no point”. I did not say that. The article I linked did not say that. On the contrary, the article talks about hos the critical period seems to be longer than they previously thought.