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    Adult Language Learning: How to Acquire Non-native Language Skills

    Children Learning a Native Language Children begin learning their native language when they begin to understand simple phrases. Adults talk to children with baby talk. Soon, the children begin to babble the sounds of their simple thoughts. As children mature, they learn the basics of the spoken language and begin to coherently express their thoughts. Without leaning grammar, children learn how to use words, phrases, and sentences to communicate logical and complex thoughts.  They assume that their native language is the only way to communicate. These assumptions will later become burdensome as adults learning a non-native language. When children enter school, they begin to learn how to read their native…