
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.
“I want to do some research on the problems of older language learners and see what I can do to help them.”
I replied by asking. “What do you consider to be an older language learner?” His answer “over 40”.