Learningaforeignlanguage:TwiceashardReadingDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese?LearningEnglish:older,inschool/classwiththehelpofteachers,textbooks…learnmoreefficiently…LearningChinese:younglearnfromparentsallthetime…Lead-inDifficultiesinlearningEnglish:A.LearningthelanguageListeningspeakingreadingwritingtranslatingB.Learningtolearn(studyskills)OvercomingshynessLearningtoworkwithothersAQuizDecidewhichlanguage(mothertongueorforeignlanguage)eachofthesentencesbelowdescribesmm&fmmm1.Mostpeoplehavemasteredthisbytheageoffive.2.Somepeoplethinkthatwearebornwithanabilitytolearnthis.3.Welearnthisbycommunicatingwithothers4.Ittakeslongertolearnthis.5.Wearenottaughtbutlearnanyway.Trueorfalse()1.Learningaforeignlanguageisaprocessofcollectinginformationthroughcommunication,whichismemorizingwords,phrasesandstructures.F()2.Onethingthatlanguageexpertsagreeonisthatlearningalanguageisjustlikelearningtosolveproblems.Itisnotuntiltheageoffivethatpeoplecanmasterthebasics.F()3.Thetimewespendlearningaforeignlanguageislongerthanthetimewespendlearningourmothertongue.F()4.Onewhoisinterestedinlanguage,scienceandtheworldmaylearnaforeignlanguagebetterthanothers.T()5.Beingconfidentandrelaxedisimportantforlanguagelearning.Tskimming:MainideaParagraph1Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4Paragraph5Paragraph6TheMainideaofeachparagraph•HowwasitpossibleforustolearnallHowwasitpossibleforustolearnallthesounds,words,grammarrulesandthesounds,words,grammarrulesandstructuresbythiscommunication?structuresbythiscommunication?•ParagraphParagraph11•ParagraphParagraph22•ParagraphParagraph33Learningaforeignlanguageisdifferentfromlearningone’smothertongueLanguageexpertshavedifferentLanguageexpertshavedifferentanswersanswers•Thepurposeoflearningisimportant,Thepurposeoflearningisimportant,too.too.•Paragraph4Paragraph4•ThereasonwhysomepeopleareThereasonwhysomepeoplearebetteratlearningaforeignlanguagebetteratlearningaforeignlanguagethanothers.thanothers.•Paragraph5Paragraph5•SuccessfullanguagestudentsgainSuccessfullanguagestudentsgainconfidenceandareabletorelaxandconfidenceandareabletorelaxandenjoythelearning.enjoythelearning.•Paragraph6Paragraph6Cloze•Whenwelearnalanguage,wedomorethanjustm______words.Languagea________isacomplexprocessandpeoplelearnindifferentways.Weacquireourmothertonguebyc____________withourparentsandothersaroundus.Wemakes_____ofwhatwehearandd_________frombadlanguage.Weareborne_______withabilitytoadjustourselvestothelanguageandculturebywhichandinwhichweareliving.Tobesuccessfulwehavetotakechancesandhavec________inourabilitytolearnEnglish.emorizecquisitionommuniciatingenseistinguishquippedonfidenceReadingcomprehension1.Successfullanguagelearnersdosharethefollowingcharacteristicsexcept.A.theabilitytomemorizethewordsB.aninterestinunderstandingtheirownthinkingC.willingnesstotakechancesD.confidenceintheirabilityA2.Thesentence“Lifeisaverysuccessfullanguageschool”means.A.weareequippedwithaspecialabilitytolearnlanguageB.thekeytolearningthelanguagewellistocommunicatewiththepeoplearoundusC.parentscangivechildrenlanguagelessonsD.peoplecanlearnthelanguagebythemselves.B3.Infact,welearnEnglishmuchfasterthanwemayhavethoughtbecause________.A.Alotofpeoplearebornwithaspecialabilitytolearnaforeignlanguage.B.Englishlearningalwaystakesplaceinclass.C.Communicatingwithpeopleoftentakestoomuchtime.D.Wecangetalotofhelpandthelearningismoreefficient.D4.Thetexttellsusthatsuccessfullanguagelearners______.A.spendasmanyhoursstudyingEnglishastheydotheirmothertongue.B.alwayshavedifferentplansfortheirlearningC.wantverymuchtobecometranslatorsandinterpreters.D.areusuallyveryimpatientinlearningalanguage.B5.Fromthetextwecansee_______.A.Thestrongerthemotivationis,themorequicklyapersonwilllearnaforeignlanguage.B.Interest,curiosity,willingnessandconfidencearemoreimportantthananythingelse.C.We’llfinditeasiertolearnEnglishifwecanlearnsomethingfromsuccessfullanguagelearners.D.BothBandC.DParaphrasethefollowings:1.And,perhapsmostpuzzlingofall,howwereweabletomakesenseofwhatweheardanddistinguishthemistakesanderrorsfrom“good”language?Andmaybethemostpuzzlingthingishowwecouldunderstandwhatweheardandtellthedifferencebetweenwhatisamistakeandwhatisinthelanguage.2.Thelessanxiousandmorerelaxedthelearner,thebettertheirlanguageacquisition.Ifthelearnerislessanxiousandmorerelaxed,theywilllearnthelanguagebetter.Listthecharacteristicsofsuccessfullanguagelearnersmentionedinthereading.-workhard-interestedinunderstandingtheirownthinking-curiousabouttheworld-willingtotakechances-confidentintheirability-usedifferentwaysoflearning-plantheirstudy-evaluatetheirlearning-havegreatercontrol-haveastrongersenseofachievements-beactive-berelaxed-enjoytheirlearning-beabletoacquirenewskillsfaster-put…touse-willingtotakerisksandtoplacethemselvesinnewlearningsituations-readytoexperimentwithnewforms-readytomakemistakes-takepatience…Tobeasuccessfullanguagelearner,_______________________________.Usethenewexpressionstowriteashortpassageabout“HowcanIbecomeasuccessfullearner”.