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native speaker‟s language knowledge early, long before the
child enters school.

b. Memory
The learning of the simplest word requires memory.

And it is only through memory that a child can accumulate
the vast amount of speech and relevant situational data
which serve as the basis for analyzing structures and

formulating rules, processes which constitute induction.
c. Motor Skills
Good pronunciation, which is related to the ability to

control the organ of speech, is an essential part of learning
foreign language. Evidences show that the particular motor

skill of speech pronunciation is best developed at a younger
age. Children learning a second language typically learn to
speak it with a pronunciation that is indistinguishable from

that of the native speaker. Few adults, on the other hand,
are able to achieve such a level. What is puzzling, however,

is that appear to be exceptions among adults. Some adults do
learn to speak a second language with native pronunciation.
Younger children in immigrant families for example,

are found to acquire perfect or near perfect accents, while
their older siblings or parents generally do not. When older

people have mastered other aspects of the language such as
its syntax and vocabularies.

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