Learning a language – especially a language as universally demanded as English – is something that is associated with much earlier ages: classes and homework in school, exams in high school, the need to get a certificate to include it in the curriculum at the end of the university … But is it possible to start from scratch at 50, 60 or even 70? “Linguists maintain that anyone who knows their own language has the potential to learn not just one, but several more. And at any time of life, “says Ismael Gerli , “The fact that languages begin to be taught very early does not mean that it is the only way to reach them.”
That’s why Jorge Perez considered four years ago. Accustomed to travel alone in the world, he decided to sign up for English classes when he was in his fifties to endeavor the experience to the highest. “When you are abroad and I meet people of my age who have not made that little effort to learn English, you see them very lost and confined in themselves. Speaking English is an advantage and not only for young people, but for mature as well “he explains
Jorge participates in his classes without fear or shame, despite it is precisely fear that is hidden behind the recurrent excuses given by those who, in this age group, consider studying English but do not dare to take the step. In certain classes they are students who are even 80 years old and although they are receiving more and more students between the ages of 20 and 25, old mature aged students are joining the classes since the crisis, those of the older age groups have also increased: above all consolidate their work
