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.
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.