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Learning a language I think is very difficult to learn a second language when you are old. When are young our brain is like a sponge, absorbs everything. In my opinion, speaking is very hard because there are sounds that we have never used before. I put a goal that I need to improve my English as soon as possible. So I try to practice English everyday. My weaknesses are speaking and writing and because this I start here. I hope my experience on this website will be great.

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Learning a language

I think it is very difficult to learn a second language when you are old. When we are young our brain is like a sponge; it absorbs everything. In my opinion, speaking is very hard because there are sounds that we have never used (or made) before. I made a goal that I need to improve my English as soon as possible. So I try to practice English everyday. My weaknesses are speaking and writing and because of this I start here. I hope my experience on this website will be great.
 
It has taken 2 years of intermittent pratice but i am an older adult and i can now make the Spanish "rr" sound.
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Learning a language

I think it is very difficult to learn a second language when you are old. When you are young your brain is like a sponge, it absorbs everything. In my opinion, speaking is very hard because there are sounds that you have never used before. I made a goal  that I need to improve my English as soon as possible. For this reason, I try to practice English everyday. My weaknesses are speaking and writing and that's why I'm starting here. I hope my experience on this website will be great.

 

I think this observation is particularly true for learning English from the perspective of someone whose native language has a more limited range of vowels. I still have a difficult time with the open o and nasal vowels in Portuguese, and these are basically the only sounds I need to learn as a native English speaker and speaker of Spanish! 

 

Good luck!

 

john

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Thanks Hamza. I will do this. Search a music now.
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you know i heard someone say ''the beginning is always the hardest'' & it's true , so don't ever think that we are old , because we don't, we just learn how to act in public my advice to you , is try to learn english with some music that you find it good , search for lyrics and follow it ....hope you the best

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