[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Dear Readers,<\/span><\/p>\n Many of you will have wondered what the best age is for learning a language, or perhaps you want to study a language and think you will never be able to develop the skills needed to communicate at a native level; or if you are a parent maybe you want to know when it is advisable for your child to start learning a language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Based on my experience as a Spanish teacher in Asia, I can say that you can achieve a communicative and linguistic competence like that of a native at any age. On the one hand, children are able to identify and articulate the sounds of Spanish in an amazing way, very close to how a native would do it, and when they produce orally they focus more on the transmission of the message without paying attention to the structures.<\/span><\/p>\n On the other hand, adults, at the time of oral production, focus more on structures and can be more precise in their discourse; however, often their pronunciation is not as adequate at the initial levels. Therefore, we could say that learning a language at different ages has its pros and cons, but this does not prevent reaching a linguistic and communicative competence close to that of a native, as this is possible at any age; so far, there is no conclusive study that states the opposite, according to an article by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n Now you know, dear readers, as the Spanish film director Luis Bu\u00f1uel\u00a0 says, \u201cAge is something that doesn\u2019t matter, unless you\u2019re a cheese,\u201d<\/strong> so we invite you all: kids, teenagers and adults, to come and learn Spanish with us.<\/span><\/p>\n By Mar\u00ed<\/span>a Luisa[\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGNWNyX3BWa0MzUWslMjIlMjBmcmFtZWJvcmRlciUzRCUyMjAlMjIlMjBhbGxvdyUzRCUyMmFjY2VsZXJvbWV0ZXIlM0IlMjBhdXRvcGxheSUzQiUyMGVuY3J5cHRlZC1tZWRpYSUzQiUyMGd5cm9zY29wZSUzQiUyMHBpY3R1cmUtaW4tcGljdHVyZSUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Queridos lectores,<\/span><\/p>\n Muchos de ustedes se habr\u00e1n preguntado cu\u00e1l es la mejor edad para aprender un idioma, o tal vez quieren estudiar un idioma y piensan que nunca alcanzar\u00e1n a desarrollar las competencias necesarias para poder comunicarse al nivel de un nativo; o si ustedes son padres tal vez quieren saber en qu\u00e9 momento es recomendable que sus hijos empiecen a estudiar un idioma. Por eso el d\u00eda de hoy hemos preparado esta publicaci\u00f3n para ustedes.<\/span><\/p>\n De acuerdo con mi experiencia como docente de espa\u00f1ol en Asia, puedo afirmar que se puede alcanzar una competencia comunicativa y ling\u00fc\u00edstica similar a la de un nativo a cualquier edad. Por un lado, los ni\u00f1os son capaces de identificar y articular los sonidos del espa\u00f1ol de manera asombrosa, muy cercana a la forma en que lo har\u00eda un nativo, y cuando producen oralmente se enfocan m\u00e1s en la transmisi\u00f3n del mensaje, sin prestar atenci\u00f3n a las estructuras. Por otro lado, los adultos, al momento de la producci\u00f3n oral se centran m\u00e1s en las estructuras y pueden lograr ser m\u00e1s precisos en su discurso; sin embargo, muchas veces su pronunciaci\u00f3n no es tan adecuada en los niveles iniciales. Por lo tanto, podr\u00edamos decir que aprender un idioma a diferentes edades tiene sus pros y sus contras, pero esto no impide alcanzar una competencia ling\u00fc\u00edstica y comunicativa cercana a la de un nativo, ya que esto es posible a cualquier edad, pues hasta la fecha no existe ning\u00fan estudio conclusivo que diga lo contrario seg\u00fan un art\u00edculo de la British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n Ya saben, queridos lectores, como dice Luis Bu\u00f1uel (director de cine espa\u00f1ol) \u201c<\/span>La edad es algo que no importa, a menos que seas un queso\u201d, as\u00ed que los invitamos a todos: ni\u00f1os (desde a\u00f1o y medio hasta los 10 a\u00f1os), adolescentes y adultos a estudiar espa\u00f1ol en Spanish World, Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n Por Mar\u00ed<\/span>a Luisa[\/vc_column_text][vc_basic_grid post_type=”post” max_items=”3″ grid_id=”vc_gid:1587541385773-7f441db1-8b14-5″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Luis Bu\u00f1uel, \u201cAge is something that doesn\u2019t matter, unless you\u2019re a cheese.” We believe he’s right! There is no wrong age at which to learn another language. As our Kids’ Coordinator Mar\u00eda Luisa breaks it down in this article, each age group has its’ own advantages when acquiring Spanish as a foreign language. Read on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,524,323],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bilingual-blogs","category-our-school","category-our-team"],"yoast_head":"\n\u00bfCu\u00e1ndo empezar a aprender una segunda lengua?<\/h2>\n