Someone told me that if I'd have started learning the language at the age of 10, I could be fluent. What do you know about this? Thanks for good answers in advance.
2007-03-25 09:01:04 · 14 answers · asked by B D 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm 17 and I've been learning English for nearly 7 years.
2007-03-25 09:53:31 · update #1
You can be fluent after age 10 but you will have an accent.
2007-03-25 09:03:49 · answer #1 · answered by 我比你聪明 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I started learning English at around 12, I consider I only became really fluent at the age of 24, after getting myself to have a massive exposure to the language, by watching movies without subtitles almost everyday and reading a lot.
2007-03-29 05:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, of course! I started learning Italian as an adult 10 years ago and I am fluent. But given that your phonatory apparatus was fully formed by age 7, you will always have a foreign accent. If you work hard for 5 years or so, and especially if you come to live and work here, there is no reason why you should not be able to speak English as well as, or even better than, 90% of the native speakers.
2007-03-25 09:30:01 · answer #3 · answered by Cosimo )O( 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can be fluent in English. I assume it is not your native tongue.
It's not a question of how young you started learning the language or how long you have been studying it.
It's the manner by which you learned the language, how often you speak it, and how much you are exposed to people who speak it as their native language (may it be actual conversations, movies and tv programs you always watch) - ideally on a 24/7 basis.
2007-03-27 23:57:28 · answer #4 · answered by DC Fanatic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started learning English at school aged 13 and studied it for 9 years. That didn't make me fluent though. Living in the UK did.
2007-03-27 03:58:53 · answer #5 · answered by Amelie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not true, I just moved to the U.S.A 3 years ago when I was 13 years old, and I speak fluent English and I don't even have an accent at all, and I learned english in only 3 months. I didn't even take english classes I just picked it up. As long as you set your mind to it, you'll learn. Good Luck!!!
2007-03-25 09:29:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've a friend who is twenty six and been speaking English for only two years and he's fluent as anyone I've ever met. Some get it sooner then others. I think how he managed it is by not speaking his native tongue ever, though he struggled and struggled he has shown the fruits of his labour with perfect English skills. So to answer yes you can but how dedicated are you?
2007-03-25 09:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Jason 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, probably. You speak English well already. My friend learned it in under 2 years when she immigrated from Poland at age 9.
Prior to 12 years of age is the peak time to learn a language. Your brain is designed to acquire language from a young age.
2007-03-25 09:07:27 · answer #8 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fluency in any language has nothing to with how old you were when you started learning it. it has to with how well you can use it : written and spoken form.
losing the accent is something else - and that is where age can come into play. but it varies from person to person.
i am fluent in three:
my mother tongue
english which i started learning at the age of 11
danish which i started learning at the age of 28
2007-03-25 09:52:17 · answer #9 · answered by Deni 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is.
However, the older you get, the longer it takes.
I started learning english as a second language around the age of 8.
Now, at 34, i`m almost perfect ;)
2007-03-25 09:11:06 · answer #10 · answered by U_S_S_Enterprise 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋