Comments on: The Age Excuse: If Age Mattered Like You Think It Does… /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Andrew /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-247262 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:19:22 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-247262 Actually that’s a really good point, most language learners are somewhere around the level of a toddler or slightly older child, not an adult, and should therefore be using the materials and methods that would work for such a person (for the most part, with minor adjustments e.g. listening to music or watching movies that might not be appropriate for a young child).

Cheers,
Andrew

]]> By: Amphy64 /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-246520 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:36:35 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-246520 I’ve been trying a lot to remember this lately, so this post was certainly appreciated. I constantly get frustrated because I’m trying to function at the same level in Japanese as I can in English, despite not having spent nearly the same amount of time with Japanese. Instead of trying to instantly be a Japanese 25 year old, I probably need to accept being a Japanese toddler for a while – with the compensatory knowledge that at least it shouldn’t take another 20 years before I can use Japanese the way I want to.

]]> By: ニコライ /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-246186 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:07:35 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-246186 “your Mom was tipsy; there was a couch; one thing led to another.” LOL! I love the humor here. It’s so refreshing compared to a stuffy classroom environment. 😀

]]> By: agentxjp /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-245724 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:52:13 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-245724 It literally makes physically angry every time I hear someone use the old excuse.

Why? Because they actually believe it. In my experience if you try to tell them otherwise they will retaliate and give you all of the reasons in the world why they’re too old (most of my friends are only 18-22 to add insult to the wound) to learn.

]]> By: Julian Kitagawa /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-245105 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:33:19 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-245105 yeah, I completely agree. Actually I wrote/recorded a very similar post on my own blog a while back ( bit.ly/U5sIOp )

It almost amazes me how people compare themselves to people who’ve been speaking a language 10,20,30 odd years longer than they have, and then get all neurotic because they’re not as good.

]]> By: フレヂィー /if-age-mattered-like-you-think-it-does/#comment-244932 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:38:51 +0000 /?p=7398#comment-244932 ね！いい点。
そういうについて、さほど意気消沈なくてもいい。
今こそ、よりよいを選択します。

〜エフ・ヴィ

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