Re: Why can't daddy?

Ruud Harmsen wrote:
Wed, 10 May 2006 07:51:36 +0800: Lee Sau Dan
<danlee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:

"Claudio" == Claudio Grondi <claudio.grondi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Claudio> My own experience from trying to check myself if it is
Claudio> true, that generally children learn faster than adults
Claudio> is, that adults are often able to learn much faster than
Claudio> children can.

How much time a day does a child spend on learning a language?

14 hours a day?

How much time a day can an adult afford on learning a language?

20 hours a week, if an intensive course, otherwise 3.

Everyone seems to be assuming that the L2 learning being discussed is in a classroom context. How does that differ from the case of people who move to a place where they don't speak the local language and pick it up through daily living and just getting by?
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