I wish that I could have learnt more languages when I was young. While studying the language acquisition module I found out that it is much easier to acquire a language when a person is young.
After the age of 13 it is much harder to learn a new language (according to the Critical Age Hypothesis)
The chapter says that one language cannot be easier or harder to learn than others. The author claims that when languages are related a person can learn the language sooner. Therefore a Swedish person can learn Norwegian easier than for example a person from Poland. This statement sounds agreeable to me, Languages which are familiar to the mother tongue of the speaker are easier to learn.
I don't agree with the author on the fact that all languages are equally difficult. I do believe that some languages are harder than others. I don't see myself speaking a Koishan language. I don't believe it is possible to learn to speak 78 different clicks if you are not used to speak in this way. This is why I think some languages are truly more difficult than others.