Smart Dogs Can Always Learn New Tricks

http://www.antimoon.com/forum/2005/6298.htm

I almost had to laugh when I read the original question: Can people who are "old" (defined as forty) learn a new language?

We have so many examples of people who have learned languages after the age of 40. In fact, we have an "older" friend who learned Mandarin after the age of (don't be shocked) fifty. It wasn't his first experience learning a language, but it's his best language after English!

Can people who have NEVER attempted a language learn a language after the age of, let's take it even higher, sixty?

What do you think?

P.S. I don't think you are "old" if you are forty or above.

Sorry, the original question was about how "hard" it is for an "older" person to learn a language.

It depends on individuals. If an "older person" is educated, already knows other languages, he/she shouldn't have problems when they learn new languages.

The original poster in the old thread asked about how hard it is for an "older" person to learn a second language for the first time.

Age doesn't matter so much if someone already knows other languages.
Languages get easier and easier after three or four.