Is the language acquisition process easier for kids?
Since I was a young child, I have been able to speak two languages, English and Gujarati, without any problems or effort. However, when I attempted to learn a third language, Spanish, as a teenager, I struggled in every step. This made me question the acquisition abilities of children versus adults as to who is better suited to learn a new language. From my personal experiences, I have come to the conclusion that kids are superior to adults when it comes to learning a new language and expressing it exceptionally, even though they have not gained the level of knowledge that of adults. The significance of the topic I have chosen to focus on is to gain an understanding of why children are well equipped to learning new languages and when you should be teaching your kids to speak, along with which languages to speak because multilingual’s have an increased level of creativity and enhanced learning ability. So, my question(s) are as follow: Why is learning to speak a language(s) at a native fluency while still at a young age so much easier than after adolescence? Now, why should you focus on teaching your kids a second language at a young age?
Since I was a young child, I have been able to speak two languages, English and Gujarati, without any problems or effort. However, when I attempted to learn a third language, Spanish, as a teenager, I struggled in every step. This made me question the acquisition abilities of children versus adults as to who is better suited to learn a new language. From my personal experiences, I have come to the conclusion that kids are superior to adults when it comes to learning a new language and expressing it exceptionally, even though they have not gained the level of knowledge that of adults. The significance of the topic I have chosen to focus on is to gain an understanding of why children are well equipped to learning new languages and when you should be teaching your kids to speak, along with which languages to speak because multilingual’s have an increased level of creativity and enhanced learning ability. So, my question(s) are as follow: Why is learning to speak a language(s) at a native fluency while still at a young age so much easier than after adolescence? Now, why should you focus on teaching your kids a second language at a young age?
Since I was a young child, I have been able to speak two languages, English and Gujarati, without any problems or effort. However, when I attempted to learn a third language, Spanish, as a teenager, I struggled in every step. This made me question the acquisition abilities of children versus adults as to who is better suited to learn a new language. From my personal experiences, I have come to the conclusion that kids are superior to adults when it comes to learning a new language and expressing it exceptionally, even though they have not gained the level of knowledge that of adults. The significance of the topic I have chosen to focus on is to gain an understanding of why children are well equipped to learning new languages and when you should be teaching your kids to speak, along with which languages to speak because multilingual’s have an increased level of creativity and enhanced learning ability. So, my question(s) are as follow: Why is learning to speak a language(s) at a native fluency while still at a young age so much easier than after adolescence? Now, why should you focus on teaching your kids a second language at a young age?