QUALITIES OF SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE LEARNERSQualities of a Successful Language Learner Age: Age Variation in English Learning and Learning Differences between children and adults are important factors that must be taken into account when choosing the right approaches. , design and procedures. The survey found that respondents who were exposed to the English language in childhood managed to acquire good communication skills. Infants are born as universal receivers of all language sounds, but this ability slowly disappears as they age. Thus, early childhood experiences help learners acquire good English successfully later in life. Immersion: Immersion is a method of learning a new language through the exclusive use of the target language. An interesting observation this author made in his survey is that some learners learned English with almost fanatical zeal. They have completely immersed themselves in English, rarely communicating with anyone in a language other than English. They completely avoided things that might distract their attention, like bilingual dictionaries and materials intended to teach English in their native language. Two important objectives of the immersion program are: Develop proficiency in the second language Develop empathy for the culture of a second languageThis second objective is important to note, because it appears to be one of the strategies of successful language learners.Intelligence: Some people have an innate talent for acquiring new languages. These people have more linguistic intelligence. Their high linguistic intelligence may be partly due to their early language learning experiences. This intelligence is likely to help them continually develop their language...... middle of paper ...... is not frequently heard these days. Most native language teachers do not have this accent but still use phonemic symbols. When symbols are arranged in a table, each occupies a square. This indicates that the actual sound you actually hear can vary up to certain limits, depending on the influence of other sounds and the individual way of speaking. There is no single perfect way to pronounce each sound: there is an acceptable range of pronunciations. Think of the pieces in a game of chess. They can vary greatly in size, shape and appearance but you can always recognize a knight because he behaves like a knight and not a king. The point is that words like "ship", sheep, "gulp" and "ooze" should sound different from each other, not that each sound is pronounced exactly like the sounds in RP. Spoken English lessons only provide superficial learning: