To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: Second-Language Acquisition: The process of a language that’s not the speaker’s native language. Bilingualism: The ability to speak and understand two languages. Monitor Model: A group of hypotheses that propose that linguistic competence is only advanced when language is subconsciously acquired. Sociolinguistics: The study of language in relation to all sorts of social factors. Linguistic Investment: A motivation to learn a language based on the understanding that the speaker will acquire a wider range of symbolic and material resources, which will in turn increase the value of their cultural capital and social power. Hyperpolyglot: A person who can speak and understand more than six languages. MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC ⁠⁠⁠https://neptunestudios.info⁠⁠⁠ If you like what we do, you can help us! - Become our patron: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth⁠⁠⁠   - Buy our merch: ⁠⁠⁠http://dftba.com/minuteearth⁠⁠⁠   - Buy our book: ⁠⁠⁠https://minuteearth.com/books⁠⁠⁠ - Sign up to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠http://news.minuteearth.com⁠⁠⁠   - Share with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices