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don't take it personally Andrew, but I do not agree with you. As a matter of fact it is easier to learn thanks to the experience you have accumulated. Motivations change and they play a great role in the learning process. In languages also a certain bold attitude (typical of youth) is an advantage, see: who cares the way I say it, important is that I say it and they understand me. Such attitude might interfere with the expectations an adult has from himself, from his daily performance. It is an old topic, I remember arguing with an elderly professor when I was 18 in the same terms, and I haven't changed my position. On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:24 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At 60+, I tried learning Japanese with my 20+ daughter - she bounded > ahead, > with other young ones, while a copuple of us seniors wilted and retired, > hurt. > > In China I learnt a little Mandarin, simply because I was there and had > to. > It is rapidly disappearing ... > > That's why I urge Kasper to learn while he is young - it is just so much > easier then! > > Andrew > > > On 25/02/2008, Anny Ballardini <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Out of one year course of Russian I could not even put together a > > sentence, > > the entire group could not even put together a sentence. It is a tough > > language and you have to be into it a lot. > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Kenneth Wolman <[log in to unmask] > > > > wrote: > > > > > Roger Day wrote: > > > > Italian, German, Russian ... so many languages to learn, so little > > time. > > > > > > > > > > Wanted to learn Russian once > > > wanted to read Pushkin and Turgenev > > > looked at the grammar book and > > > saw the alphabet > > > returned the book to the library > > > bought a copy of > > > El Diario. > > > > > > kw > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------ > > > Kenneth Wolman bestiaire.typepad.com > > > Abuse of power comes as no surprise--Jenny Holzer > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Anny Ballardini > > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ > > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome > > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html > > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing > > star! > > > > > > -- > Andrew > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/ > -- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star!