Unit8(1)Fastreading1Whatisthemostpuzzlingquestioninlearningourmothertongue
2Ifwedevelopourstudyskillsandwayoflearning,islearningforeignlanguagetwiceashardoraseasy
CarefulreadingTellthesentencestrueorfalse1Althoughexpertsdon’tagreeeachother,theyallshareacommonopinion:Lifeisaverysuccessfullanguageschool
T2Westudyourmothertonguealldaylongforabout5yearsbeforewemasterit
Butweonlyspendafewhoursaweekandinafewyears’timewecanspeakaforeignlanguage
Successfullanguagelearnersusuallystepawayfromtheacademicchallenges
F4Thelessanxiousandmorerelaxedthelearner,theworsetheirlanguageacquisition
FChoosethebestanswers1
Mostchildrenhavemasteredtheirmothertongue
attheageoffiveB
bytheageofeightC
beforetheyarefiveD
sincetheywerefive2
Successfullanguagelearnersdosharethefollowingcharacteristicsexcept