英语翻译LEARNINGAFOREIGNLANGUAGE：TWICEASHARD?Learningalanguageisobviouslymorethanjustmemorisingwords,phrasesandstructures.Whenwelearntourmothertongue,wedidnotreceivemuchformalinstruction.Fewparentsgivelanguageless
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LEARNINGAFOREIGNLANGUAGE：TWICEASHARD?
Learningalanguageisobviouslymorethanjustmemorisingwords,phrasesandstructures.Whenwelearntourmothertongue,wedidnotreceivemuchformalinstruction.Fewparentsgivelanguagelessonstotheirchildren!Insteadwelearntoracquiredourmothertonguebycommunicatingwiththepeoplearoundus.Buthowwasitpossibleforustolearnallthesounds,words,grammarrulesandstructuresthroughthiscommunication?And,perhapsmostpuzzlingofall,howwereweabletomakesenseofwhatweheardanddistinguishthemistakesanderrorfrom"good"language?
Languageexpertshavedifferentanswers.Somebelievethatweareequippedwithaspecialabilitytolearnlanguageandthatourbrainadjustsitselftothelanguageweheararoundus.Othersthinkthatwelearnlanguageinthesamewaywelearnotherthings,suchaswalkingorsolvingproblems,andthatwhatwearebornwithisageneralabilitytolearnandadapt,notalanguage-specificpartofthebrain.Regardlessoftheirtheories,theselanguageexpertsdoagreethatlifeisaverysuccessfullanguageschool:virtuallyeveryonelearnstousealanguageandhasmasteredthebasicsbytheageoffive.
Learningaforeignlanguageisdifferentfromlearningone'smothertongue.Thelearningusuallytakesplaceinschoolandthereareoftenfewopportunitiestocommunicatewithotherspeakersofthelanguage.Asaconsequence,somestudentsthinkthatlearningaforeignlanguageisslowanddifficult.However,weactuallylearnaforeignlanguagemuchfasterthanwedoourmothertongue.Thatmaynotseemtruetoyou-thinkofallthehoursofhardworkyouhavespentlearningEnglish!Butonceyouconsiderthesituationfurther,youwillrealisethatthisisindeedthecase.Whenyouwerelearningyourmothertongue,youspentallyourwakinghourscommunicatingwiththepeoplearoundyou;inotherwords,youwerestudyingthelanguagealldaylong!Youdidthisforfiveyears,sothatisanawfullotofhours.Weonlyspendafewhoursaweekandinafewyear'stimewecanspeakaforeignlanguage.Wealsohavetextbooks,teachersandclassmatestoinstructandassistusintheprocess,andwecanlearnmoreabooutstudymethodsandskills.Thatmeanswecanbemuchmoreefficient.
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