La culture ne s’hérite pas, elle se conquiert. (Culture is not inherited, it must be earned.)
— André Malraux, France’s first Minister of Cultural Affairs
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Infancy through age 5 is believed to be a critical period in learning a second language. With 50 percent more brain synapses than adults, children can observe and process more at younger ages. By adolescence, the ability to learn an additional language greatly diminishes.