
Jean B. V. answered 8d
I hold a Master of Education in TESOL
When it comes to speaking a language, children have this natural ability to acquire a native accent, or the flow of meaningful conversations in the target language. That may be due to what Stephen Krashen (1987) expressed in his Theory of Second Language Acquisition, the "learned system" vs the "acquired system." Children acquire a language effortlessly and subconsciously through "comprehensible Input" as a baby adopts and takes on a language. Conversely, adults are more on the learned system spectrum, which is more formal and reposes on grammar rules, syntax, morphology, etc. Thus, the difference between language acquisition and language learning. Children pick up an accent much faster than adults through acquisition. No stress, no responsibilities, all fun for them for them!