How people learn English as second language
Aktuna and other researchers have found that the ability to learn English is influenced by many different factors, with age being probably the most important. Even children of parents who use languages at home other than English but who themselves are raised in English speaking countries, go through a different learning process. However, Aktuna dismisses the idea that children raised in bilingual environments should only be spoken to in one single language. “That’s definitely not right,” she said. “It used to be the perception. There are still professionals who do believe in that, although there is empirical evidence that shows that hearing several languages is not a detriment to the cognitive and linguistic development of a child.