VBlog 1 Maddison Hadaway
VBlog 1: Thoughts and Talks Hi All! Through creating this VBlog, I have learned so much about myself and solidified some ideas I have already considered. While creating the VBlog, I realized how important languages are in order to bring people together, and the impact that teachers and your environment can have on learning a second language. Additionally, I expanded on how I have grown accustomed to being surrounded by a different language that is not my own. In my VBlog, I said that it seems harder for adults to learn new languages compared to children, though this is not a constant. In the textbook Second Language Acquisition Myths (Brown & Larson-Hall, n.d.), it is said that "by being exposed to a second language in a naturalistic context, most adults ... become quite fluent ... after 18-24 months". In today's society, learning a new language as an adult is portrayed as an extremely difficult, nearly impossible task. I have personally strug...