{"id":15192,"date":"2025-09-24T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/?p=15192"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T10:01:40","slug":"myths-about-language-learning-what-is-actually-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/mythen-ueber-das-sprachenlernen-was-wirklich-stimmt\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths about language learning. What is actually true"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Why myths about language learning persist so stubbornly<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether at school, in a language class or during small talk, numerous myths circulate around the topic of language learning. Unfortunately, many of these assumptions have persisted for decades, even though they have long since been disproven. This is often because individual experiences are generalised or old ideas are passed on without being questioned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this post, we want to debunk the most common myths and show how language learning really works.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 1: Adults can no longer learn a new language<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15197\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15197\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15197 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6.jpg\" alt=\"language learning\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/6-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many believe that language learning only works in childhood. In fact, adults can learn new languages just as well. Only in a different way. They benefit from life experience, analytical thinking and learning strategies. Children lack these advantages. It is true that learning languages sometimes requires a little more patience. But with motivation and regular practice, impressive progress is possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth: Without talent, language learning is impossible<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The so-called \u201elanguage aptitude\u201c is often overestimated. Of course, some people have a good ear for sound and intonation. However, language learning is primarily based on repetition, practice and method. Anyone who sticks with it consistently and finds a learning method that fits their daily routine can succeed even without special language aptitude and learn to speak French fluently after a while.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 3: Grammar first, or nothing works at all<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15196\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/5-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many language learners think they first have to master all the rules of the language perfectly before they are even allowed to speak. However, the exact opposite is the case: language thrives on communication rather than on error-free perfection. Those who dare to use simple sentences early on gain valuable practice and anchor the grammar more easily later.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 4: Only those who live abroad learn really quickly<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15199 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"language learning\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/3-1-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A stay abroad can of course be helpful. However, it is not strictly necessary either. Thanks to online lessons, films, books and language tandems, many situations can also be simulated at home nowadays. The decisive factor today is therefore not the location, but how actively and regularly learners engage with the language.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 5: You have to speak perfectly to be understood<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perfection is an unrealistic goal, and this holds many learners back. Misunderstandings rarely arise from minor grammatical errors, but rather from a lack of communication. Anyone who dares to speak will almost always be understood, even if their sentences aren\u2019t perfect. Mistakes are therefore our best teachers and indispensable steps on the path to language success.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 6: Apps and online tools replace language lessons<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15198 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital tools are practical and motivating. However, we must not forget that they do not replace interaction with teachers and classmates. Although apps can practice vocabulary, you only get feedback, corrections and real conversations through personal exchange. The most effective approach is, of course, a combination of both.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 7: Bilingualism confuses children<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15193\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2.jpg\" alt=\"language learning\" width=\"814\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-768x488.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2-600x381.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many parents are afraid that their children might become overwhelmed if they learn several languages at the same time. Unfortunately, this fear leads to many children not fully learning their parents' native language and thereby losing an important part of their cultural identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studies show us the exact opposite, however: bilingual children develop a better linguistic intuition, have a greater capacity for concentration and gain cultural openness. The temporary mixing of words is normal and disappears over time if parents use both languages consistently, patiently and with joy in everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Myth 8: You have to memorise thousands of long compound words to truly know German<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.jpg\" alt=\"language learning\" width=\"940\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">German is well known for its long compound words like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danube steamship company captain<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Yet in practice, such words are hardly needed. Most compound words are logically constructed. They consist of smaller, familiar words that together create a new meaning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So anyone who has mastered the core vocabulary can automatically understand many \u201elong words\u201c without having to memorise them. This makes German actually quite systematic and predictable. Whoever <\/span><b>Learn German<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should therefore have no fear at all of such words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 9: Writing exercises are old-fashioned and pointless<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many language learners focus only on listening and speaking when learning a language, and neglect writing. Yet writing anchors structures particularly deeply in the memory. Notes, short essays or diary entries in the foreign language help to retain vocabulary permanently and to apply grammar consciously.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Myth 10: Anyone who speaks English automatically understands Americans, Australians, or the Irish too<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although English is a global language, it is not a uniform one. Therefore, learning English does not automatically mean that you will be able to communicate with an Australian without difficulties or misunderstandings. Accents, slang and regional characteristics sometimes differ greatly. A Londoner, a Texan and an Australian all speak English, but with their own idioms and pronunciations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason, learners of English do not automatically understand each other without problems everywhere. They therefore have to get used to different variants and nuances. Knowledge of English provides a solid foundation. Series, films or conversations with native speakers from different regions help enormously with this.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Language courses in Basel for your success<\/h3>\n<p>In any case, it is of great importance to choose a language course at the appropriate level. In order to prevent incorrect language patterns from taking root, we should above all build our routines on a solid basic course. In <a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/\"><strong>SLA Basel<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Is there any possibility\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sla-basel.ch\/en\/language-courses\/\">Courses<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to attend in a wide variety of languages at various language levels. Starting from\u00a0<strong>English course at A1 level<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0<strong>French course at B2 level<\/strong>\u00a0I'm going to\u00a0<strong>C1-level German course<\/strong>, with us you will find the desired language course with experienced language teachers. Our partners include, among others\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tutorakademie.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tutor Academy<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and EduQua.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Language learning for all: myths debunked, paths opened<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These myths show us that language learning is not a mysterious process and certainly not just for \u201elanguage talents\u201c. With the right attitude, varied methods and realistic expectations, anyone can successfully learn a new language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why myths in language learning persist so stubbornly Whether at school, in a language class or during small talk, around the\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sla-basel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mythen \u00fcber das Sprachenlernen. 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