When listening carefully one will notice that when young children have acquired a new language, their speech often does not bear the same accent that their parents do. In fact, they bear no "foreign accent" at all. According to a recent study, young immigrant students are more likely to speak a new language with the same diction as native speakers. However, those who learn later in life usually have accents no matter how hard they study. There are reasons why young students master the pronunciation of another language in a short time. Youth like exposure to new things. They listen to the foreign language on television or radio and imitate the speech of the actors. On the other hand, senior students have a habit of watching their favorite shows and listening to music in their own familiar language. Hence, there is a huge gap of experience with the language between the two groups. For instance, I study both Spanish and French as second languages
2007-12-19
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