She said that scientists all agree

but no one knows why people lose their ability to learn a new language as they age, right?

However, I heard on youtube a different philosophy stating that if an adult can spend 5 years staying in the same environment that a baby is in and focusing on learning a new language, s/he can do as well as a baby does. Do you know if there has been such an experiment carried out by patricia Kuhl or her colleagues to verify it?

From my own observation, I am more for this different voice than for the academic standard understanding -- I know it is partly because the theory shown in your video discourages idealistic second language learners like myself. :-) 

 

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• I probably didn't get her full point at the first glance. -北京二號- ♀ (347 bytes) () 01/13/2013 postreply 02:02:43

• 我還有點感想以後慢慢道來。 -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/13/2013 postreply 12:49:35

• 一點感想 -yingyudidida- ♂ (287 bytes) () 01/14/2013 postreply 14:48:59

• 排憂解惑-二姐不比憂慮 -yingyudidida- ♂ (428 bytes) () 01/13/2013 postreply 12:46:47

• Thanks. -北京二號- ♀ (170 bytes) () 01/13/2013 postreply 16:17:29

• 就是那個王洛勇 -yingyudidida- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/13/2013 postreply 20:02:00