Is there a critical period for learning a language?

🔥 Learn languages like I do with LingQ: https://tinyurl.com/y4c5yret 🆓 My 10 FREE secrets to language learning: https://tinyurl.com/y7ewvp8s CC subtitles available in multiple languages. Ever wondered if it's too late to learn a new language after childhood? In this video, I dive into the critical period hypothesis and the debate around how long the window for easy language learning really lasts. Sources: Critical period in second language acquisition: The age-attainment geometry: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2023.1142584 The Critical Period Hypothesis in Second Language Acquisition: A Statistical Critique and a Reanalysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3723803/ Wikipedia: Critical period hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_period_hypothesis Cognitive scientists define critical period for learning language: https://news.mit.edu/2018/cognitive-scientists-define-critical-period-learning-language-0501 ⏲️ TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 What is the critical period hypothesis 01:01 How long is this critical period? 03:45 The ideal age to start learning a language 05:15 Factors that affect our success 7:39 Is there a language acquisition device? 9:45 Does age really matter? 📺 WATCH NEXT: https://youtu.be/zgADmoFSuHQ?si=I2DIBoNY6q10WrV0 https://youtu.be/GQyqDbfVBrg?si=0lnMvOBJNXTQII2z 🎙️ LISTEN TO MY PODCAST: Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/3iZsbic Apple: https://apple.co/3z1F1lD Google: https://bit.ly/2W3DYmK Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4TbcX8ilVmVTi6jdQVHuwK 💡 LEARN MORE: Get my 10 Secrets of Language Learning: https://www.thelinguist.com Download my FREE grammar guides: https://www.lingq.com/en/grammar-resource/ Join the LingQ Discord server: https://discord.gg/ShPTjyhwTN Read my language learning blog on The Linguist: https://bit.ly/2MW83Ab Read the LingQ language learning blog: https://bit.ly/35yvaqK ✅ FOLLOW ME: My Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/lingosteve_ My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lingosteve