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| shreypete Pentaglot Groupie Czech RepublicRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5950 days ago 90 posts - 93 votes  Speaks: English*, Hindi, Telugu, CzechB1, SpanishB2 Studies: GermanB2, FrenchA2, Dutch, Swedish | Message 1 of 3 25 January 2008 at 5:34pm | IP Logged |
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What does it take to become a polygot? Is it possible for people of any profession to become a polygot? Is there any sort of age-limit for learning languages (I did read somewhere that it becomes much harder to learn a language as one grows older. Is this true? Any advice from polygots (or anyone else) would be appreciated.
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| PolyglotNZ Pentaglot Groupie New ZealandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6006 days ago 71 posts - 91 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, German, Mandarin, Japanese Studies: Polish, Swedish, Hungarian, Russian | Message 2 of 3 25 January 2008 at 10:38pm | IP Logged |
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I think your questions have been answered in other threads. I'll recommend you to do a search and you'll find many
answers. Succinctly, anyone can become a polyglot. Age is not really an issue, younger people do learn language faster and acquire a native or native-like accent, but that doesn't mean that you won't be able to learn a foreign language. It is possible to achieve mastery of a language as long as you work hard and systematically. Set realistic goals and focus on them! Good luck with your language learning! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Journeyer Triglot Senior Member United States tristan85.blogspot.c Joined 6670 days ago 946 posts - 1110 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German Studies: Sign Language | Message 3 of 3 26 January 2008 at 12:57am | IP Logged |
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I agree with PolyglotNZ. Regarding accent, if that is your goal, you should even get a good grasp of that regardless of age.
There is no real reason why anyone cannot become a polyglot if that is what they focus on, unless they are supremely bad language learners (but actually that's probably so rare it merits no serious consideration). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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