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Why Are Adults So Bad At New Languages?

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  • Second-Language Acquisition: The process of a language that’s not the speaker’s native language.
  • Bilingualism: The ability to speak and understand two languages.
  • Monitor Model: A group of hypotheses that propose that linguistic competence is only advanced when language is subconsciously acquired.
  • Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to all sorts of social factors.
  • Linguistic Investment: A motivation to learn a language based on the understanding that the speaker will acquire a wider range of symbolic and material resources, which will in turn increase the value of their cultural capital and social power.
  • Hyperpolyglot: A person who can speak and understand more than six languages.

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  • Second-Language Acquisition: The process of a language that’s not the speaker’s native language.
  • Bilingualism: The ability to speak and understand two languages.
  • Monitor Model: A group of hypotheses that propose that linguistic competence is only advanced when language is subconsciously acquired.
  • Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to all sorts of social factors.
  • Linguistic Investment: A motivation to learn a language based on the understanding that the speaker will acquire a wider range of symbolic and material resources, which will in turn increase the value of their cultural capital and social power.
  • Hyperpolyglot: A person who can speak and understand more than six languages.

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