Most youngsters are excited and motivated, rather than fearful, about learning a new language.

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Adults can possibly benefit from learning a new language.

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He compared learning social media to learning a new language and said that the only way to learn a new language is to make mistakes, get corrected and gain fluency in time.

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At the same time, social and intellectual activities such as visiting family and friends, reading, playing intellectually stimulating games or learning a new language did nearly nothing to ward off the symptoms of an aging brain, the study said.

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Reading, going to work and navigating a busy life may be enough to maintain brain health, but lifting performance takes massive amounts of practice--learning a new language, taking regular music lessons, doing complex jigsaw puzzles--to produce enough chemicals to make synapses stronger.

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Thus, learning a new design language, Willis worked his spell, knitting everything together with confidence, subtlety and gaiety.

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Press a single icon and XO Learning switches from English to Spanish with all new content depending on the language.

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We were creating a new learning system, a new brand, and convincing some of our audience of a new concept, that 0-6 was the right time to start language learning.

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Instead of welcoming each new immigrant as a potential instructor of his or her language in exchange for learning English, we have marginalized our immigrant population and reject their mother tongues while offering antiquated, often inaccessible English training.

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