
Can Older Adult Learners Acquire New Languages?
I often hear this question from adult learners. Sometimes my followers on Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter bring this up. In fact, not so long ago I had the following request from one of my followers.
āI want to do some research on the problems of older language learners and see what I can do to help them.ā
I replied by asking. āWhat do you consider to be an older language learner?ā His answer āover 40ā.