Young children have the ability to learn foreign language accent-free, while older children, especially after the age of 10-12 will almost never learn to speak English without an accent.

幼儿学外语能够丝毫不带口音，但年龄较大的孩子，特别是 12岁以后，很少可以做到讲英语一点口音都没有。

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"Of course, people will always hear a little bit of Dutch maybe in it but I always try to be as accent-free as possible, " she says.

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