16/09/2018
You really are never too young to learn a language! Yes, it can be challenging, but it has now been proven that learning a second language delays the onset of types of dementia more effectively than any medication. And as proof that the elderly can learn just as well as younger students, I have two wonderful mature but young at heart seventy something students who are making amazing progress! One (she is actually 80) started from scratch a few months ago and now she can have a simple conversation in Spanish. The other started with a little more knowledge of Spanish a couple of years ago and he can now have a conversation about anything you like, using a range of tenses and vocabulary! So don't delay, if you have been thinking about getting that muscle in the brain working, now is as good a time as any!
The research is looking at language classes offered to older people by a Glasgow-based social enterprise.