According to Marty Abbott, the director of education for the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Alexandria, Va., states, "We have this national psyche that we're not good at languages". She also states, learning a language is still perceived as something only smart people can do, and it's just plain not true, we can learn a second language as well!
It was said that in the past, the ability to learn a new language shrank after the age of 7 and closes almost entirely after puberty. However, an interdisciplinary research conducted over the past 5 years at the University of Washington, Pennsylvania State University, and others suggest that the time frame may be more flexible than first thought.
A study was conducted on infants where 1 year olds were exposed to Mandarin Chinese through audio, television, and language tutors. The results showed that American infants that were exposed to a language tutor recognized 65% of sounds compared to just 55% of recognition through television and audio only.
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