Baby food to learn a language

Anyone at any age can learn a language. This is a fact. I teach languages and my students are all ages and all learn. The old sometimes better than the young, in fact many times. To learn a language it takes patience and interest. It has to be fun. Here is a trick, you have start small and easy. Are you going to feed a baby roast duck with read wine and shrimp? No, no, the same is with languages, not matter what age you are you have to have baby food, like basic words and simple phrases. Nothing complex nothing crazy. You have to be raised on a diet of simple words maybe a few verbs and master these and stay in this phase for a while. Only after you have mastered this can you get into more complex things like grammar. So think next time you start a language think of this metaphor, and remember no one’s first meal in life is anchovies on pesto bread, no matter how tempting it is, it will make you sick. Learn a language with a diet of small sweet simple bits of information. Language ability

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