Whether you are relocating, heading overseas for work — or, hey, maybe you’re just looking to immerse yourself on your next holiday — picking up a new language is both a useful and appealing tool.

But does it get harder as we get older?

“This is not necessarily a fact. If you set your mind to learning a new language as an adult, there is no reason why you can’t be extremely proficient,” Dr Ahmar Mahboob, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney, told the Huffington Post Australia. More.

See: The Huffington Post Australia

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