• Question: if you live in a country for a while you start to understand their language, why is this?

    Asked by TheChosenOne'sSidekick to Robert, Ian, Angela on 18 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Angela Stokes

      Angela Stokes answered on 18 Nov 2014:

      When you immerse yourself in a foreign country it allows you to continuously hear the sounds, rhythms, and inflections of a new language – spoken on the streets, in buses, on television, etc. Your brain will already start to process and interpret the new language and if you are completely isolated from other native speakers of your language, your new language learning will be quicker.

      Think about how babies learn language. it is through imitation and repetition and that is what happens to you when you are living in a foreign country

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