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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The brain plasticity that enable young children to learn languages easily ends at around age seven.  Ask any immigrant that moved to the US with young kids.  It isn't fair to place older kids into an immersion environment unless they are prepared to work hard at learning the language because they no have the ability to absorb the language seemingly effortlessly.[/quote]

Calling BS. The language center of the brain is plastic until puberty for most kids. I've seen this in action with a kid who learned french at 11. He's as fluent and native as anyone else. I know because I am too :lol: [/quote]

I immigrated to the U.S. at 7 knowing no English and English became my dominant language by age nine.  I sound like a native speaker in English.  My cousin who came here at 10 while he is English dominant still speaks English with an accent.

And note that this was FULL immersion not 50/50 where the dominant culture is in English.  Call it BS if you want but while the brain may retain plasticity til puberty, the ability to learn language simply by being exposed to it (without being taught formally) wanes considerably by age 7 on average.  Also, individual ability to learn language counts too but in general age matters.[/quote]

Are you a linguist? Where did you get your information? Would you mind sharing?[/quote]

No, I'm not a linguist.  This is common knowledge in any immigrant community.  Do a google search.[/quote]
No, this is common knowledge in a dip shit community. You may want to google search "spreading false BS just because one if from an immigrant community". You might just find your picture there. To the rest of the learned community- the research is quite clear. Puberty, not the age of 7, is when the language center begins to change and the ability to achieve native fluency is lost. This know-it-all poster doesn't know anything! Trolls come in all shapes and sizes, and migration statuses. :twisted: [/quote]

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