We all learn from birth. OUR FAMILIES HELP US GROW ,AND THE LOVE AND CARE AND SUPORT PROVIDED ARE KEY TO LEARNING . Skill sets are learnt and language skills are learnt from the environment around us from an early age. There are over 7000 languages on earth, and over 5000 religions too. Some children are savants,and so child geniuses,and and i've taught a lot of these online in english.I have met and taught at least 10 kids under 9 years od whose average score in a maths test is 100 %, and many can speak several languages fluently by age 9 . Kids like this often have a difficulty integrating in normal school classes as there are simply too bright,but one girl went to oxford uni at age 10 in the uk and intelligence is not a matter of simply age.I think a young boy of 9 has a degree in korea now. If this type of gift is common, it might be able to be fostered and helped, and i teach one young man from japan of age 9 who is a savant and like a stephen hawkin. www.futurelearn.com has over100 english uni's online worldwide and there are both short courses as well as online degrees and MBAs people can take worldwide. Older people can continue learning lifelong in this way, and it helps keep active minds as nuroscience says this helps congitive function a lot. Learning is lifelong and one man of 92 got his first Phd in Barcelona recently and a man of 85 passed his first BA degree in High Wycome uni recently too. Languages should be fun to learn and used in fun ways,not stricts ways with focus on correctness. Saying a few words and phrases from a phrasebok like a berlitz guide is not expensve and helps a lot and all locals worldwide appreciate it if you can say at least a few words in their own language.