Bella, 6-year old Russian polyglot

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Re: Bella, 6-year old Russian polyglot

Postby Axon » Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:34 am

Although it may be easier for young children to pick up new phonemes, I think she's demonstrating exceptional control of her speech. I have students who are around six and who make sometimes very bewildering pronunciation errors - R becomes D, K becomes P, T and F in free variation, and so on. This is after many months of weekly English classes and practice at home.
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