While a young language learner can more easily acquire a native accent, adults retain the ability to learn new languages well into later life. Anyone can continue to learn and refine their vocabulary ...

It’s true. A study published by The Public Library of Science, a nonprofit publisher of open-access academic journals, found that learning a language improves attention span and memory retention.

Initially inspired by anime and manga, Wang enrolled in first-year Japanese. In the two years since, though, her path to fluency has been far from straightforward.