No, You’re Not Too Old to Learn Another Language
Speaking more than one language as an adult can have advantages you never knew, but you’re in luck—you can learn another language now!
A great deal is written about ways to enhance or increase our longevity and how to thwart dementia, but not enough is devoted to learning a second, third, or even fourth language. Language is the key to so many aspects of our brain’s life that we cannot ignore it or fail to nourish it with novel approaches to learning to maintain brain health in our later years.
One of the most potent means of improving brain health and increasing its ability to maintain flexibility, also called plasticity, is to provide it with new challenges, one of which is learning a new language. Of course, we could include computer languages in this, but in this article, I will stick to spoken languages.
It doesn't matter how many languages you speak presently; adding to your knowledge base regarding new language abilities is definitely to your advantage. Being an adult is no impediment to gaining a new language; it is an activity we should begin right now. And there are so many ways to do it, thanks to the Internet and language programs that are readily available online.
