Is it better to learn Spanish at young age or at any age& In how many months- years, can U learn a 2nd lang ?

Answer 1

It is best to learn a second language before 5 years old to ensure that the pronunciation and accent is correct; all languages use different muscles in the tongue that is why many Asians find it difficult to pronounce L's in English and why Americans have a hard time pronouncing rr in Spanish. It is also easier to learn early because that is when the brain is ripe for language development; but you can learn a second language at any age. If you learn a language at an older age it is likely that to a native speaker you will have an "accent". Like when we hear a person of a different ethnicity speak English they have an "accent" to us. As far as learning a second language, if you are taught in school it is more difficult to learn. The best way is to be immersed in the language just like you learned your language as a child. You can do this in conjunction with learning at school but immersion is important. Also remember to speak the second language as often as you can, and don't worry about making mistakes or people laughing or being confused. That is how you learn. If you learn in a school type setting, are immersed, and practice regularly you can learn the second language (fluently) in a year. Good Luck

Answer 2

It is better to learn at a younger age, but as you get older it just gets harder. See, when you're younger you have more motivation to learn language because you want to communicate your needs. As you get older, you already have another language under your belt so you don't place a high priority on it and are not as dedicated to learning the grammar of a language as a small child is.

Anyway, I am 26 and I started learning Spanish at 13. By the time I was 15 or 16 I was confident enough to communicate with Spanish speakers.

Answer 3

The question of whether it's better to learn a language at a young age or older isn't completely cut and dried. Very young children are basically "hard-wired" for language learning; they pick it up out of the environment. But after about age 7 or 13, children are no longer able to learn languages as well as they could, and the quality of their language isn't the same as that of a native speaker. Children might be better at picking up a language naturalistically, but adults have more fully developed thinking skills, which help them to do things like analyze grammar examples and so forth. So both children and adults have abilities that help them to learn language differently.

As far as the amount of time it takes to learn a new language, that depends on a lot of things. First, it depends on what level you want to get to with the second language. Very few non-native speakers of a language ever reach a level where they are indistinguishable from native speakers. But there is a whole continuum of proficiency in a new language that includes a lot of things. Second, it depends a lot on what kind of instruction you have in the language, how often you are exposed to it, and so on. For example, a person who takes a one-hour class once a week in the language is probably not going to learn as quickly as a person who studies four hours every day. Also, there are some individual factors like intelligence, motivation, and language learning ability, that affect the time it takes a person to learn a new language.

No offense to KSWill, but there are a few things that are quite inaccurate in her answer. For example, muscles have very little to do with learning the sound system of a new language (it's a psychological phenomenon), and it's actually hotly contested by linguists about whether immersion is the best way to learn a new language. Also, even in immersion environments, people don't necessarily learn new languages to a high proficiency in a year. For example, I studied Spanish in school for two years, but at that point I had a higher proficiency than some people I knew who had lived in Spanish-speaking countries for about two years. I also know many people who have studied English for a dozen years or so and still don't have that high of proficiency. So one year sounds like a low estimate to me, depending again on what your opinion of proficiency is.

Answer 4

it is better if u learn at a young age because u can speak without that much of an accent... but u can also learn older even though it mught be harder fro pronounciation. if u are vary dedicated u might learn all the basics in 3 months but might take u a 2 years to be a fluent speaker

Answer 5

It's best to teach a child when they are young, because children have brains like sponges, They soak up everything! But you can still learn later in life too. I am married to a Mexican . We have been together for 2 years, I speak perfect Spanish. It was not hard to learn!

Answer 6

It takes a long time to learn a 2nd language but it is worth it. It is easier to learn when you are young

Answer 7

You can learn Spanish (at least enough to get by) within a few months. The hardest part is conjugating verbs.

Answer 8

It depends of your hability to learn, the type of language you want to learn, some are easier thant others. For example, it will be much easier for someone who speak a "latin language" like french to learn spanish or italian; for someone with "germanic language" like english, it will be easier to learn, for example, german. It depend also of your cultural background, if they're many cultural world in your city, country.it will be easier to lean a second or third language

Answer 9

it's better to learn anything when u're younger. i think u should take it for a few years....like 4. cuz the more years u take it. the better u get and the longer u remember. there's no point in learning something when u're just gonna forget it.

Answer 10

i learned spanish in just a few months,in the same time also i learned portuguesse,i think because the latin languages are very easy.now i'm learning greek,russian,german and french.