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Nov 2023
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STOP Making These EXCUSES Not to Learn a...

Steve Kaufmann
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I received a comment recently, saying that learning languages as an older person is almost an impossible task. As someone who has learned 10 languages after turning 60, here’s what I think about the topic. 
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