On Aug 7, 2012, at 7:18 PM, Darren Cook wrote: > I suspect this is just a myth. I've been fortunate to meet many adult > learners of languages who have mastered the accent. Native English > speakers learning the hard languages of Japanese and Chinese. And native > Japanese speakers learning English.
I lived both in Germany and now in the USA; I have never met an adult language learner without an accent (even after they lived in that country for 20+ years). > More evidence that adult learners can learn new accents: the existence > of impressionists. Why would people pay to see them in Las Vegas if it was easy? It takes a lot of effort and maybe even some talent. Christoph _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
