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Originally Posted by crich70
I remember hearing that only a native can speak a given language properly because we learn our native tongue (English, Spanish, Russian, etc) back when we are very young and the brain is developing. Therefore though we can still learn other languages later we don't quite master them no matter how close we get to doing so.
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Some people seem to pick up new languages pretty easily, for others, it's a real struggle. Part of the problem is that language as it is taught is seldom the same as language as it is actually spoken. It's much easier to learn language when you are very young. It's why we didn't babytalk to our daughter. We spoke real language to her, so we could give her something to learn. By "babytalk" I'm not referring to the tone of voice people use when speaking to small children, but the pseudo-language people often use.