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Interesting article about 2nd language acquisition - snallygaster - 2009-01-19

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2009/01/the-illogic-of-us-foreign-language-education.html#more
in summary:
- 2nd-language acquisition becomes more difficult with age
- however, there's no age after which it suddenly becomes much more difficult -- it's a slow, steady progression
- immersion & daily use, rather than age, is the main determiner of 2nd language proficiency.


Interesting article about 2nd language acquisition - Hashiriya - 2009-01-19

uh, this was just posted here: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?pid=39375#pid39375


Interesting article about 2nd language acquisition - snallygaster - 2009-01-19

So it was. Feh.