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I agree with you. I help adults learn English. I think they are equally talented language learners as children are. Sometimes, they even learn faster than children since they have strong motivation. In my part of the world, people are crazy about TOEIC. People get raise, are allowed, or find good job to graduate depending on the score they get. However, there are problems that stop them from learning languages like children does. Take pronunciation for an example. I've been learning English for 15 years. I still make simple mistakes from time to time. Another difficulty is their preconceived ideas about learning languages. Some people believe that they need to memorize thousands of words before they start using them. Hmm...it would take a lot of efforts to convince them to try different approaches.

Yeah, you guessed right. That teacher is very popular and teaches average 8 hours each day. He was too tired to really pay attention to this casual conversation. And I did figure this out before him. At first, I was thinking about the same thing, but when the other teacher asked a second time, I knew exactly what he was asking. I was also curious why he didn't get it. Thanks for the suggestion. I will move it there. This was my second post here. I am trying to explore this website.

Lol. That certainly *could* happen, although, for it to go on as long as that, I’d say somebody may be lacking in what we call “pragmatic competence.” Either that, or the teacher is really distracted, or something…. I’m just curious — did you get it before the teacher did? This is one of the reasons I think adults can actually be better language learners than children — as we mature, we have a better understanding of life, so we find it much easier to pick up on contextual clues. This, plus a calm disposition, can make all the difference. Btw, this is already correct, and the topic would actually be interesting for the "discussions" section.