Unit8Unit8 Learning Learning a foreignforeign language: Twice As Hard?A Joke A mother mouse and a baby mouse was playing in the the bush happily when suddenly they saw a cat coming along towards them. At first they werevery frightened. Suddenly a good ideacame to the mother’s mind. Then she barked like a dog. You know, what happened? The cat ran away on hearing the sound. After the cat disappeared, the mother mouse said to its baby, “…”What is your difficultyin learning English?Skim the text:Task One: Complete the title of the textTask Two: Tell the main idea of the text of and of each paragraphLearning a foreignLearning a foreign language:language:Twice As Hard?Twice As Hard?Is learning a foreign language twice as hard as learning our mother tongue?What’s the main idea of this article? A. Learning a foreign language is twice as hard as learning our mother tongue.B. Learning a foreign language is more important than learning our mother tongue.C. Learning a foreign language is twice as easy if we develop our study skills.D. In fact, the number of people learning a foreign language has increased with years. Main ideaMain ideaPara. 1Para. 1Para. 2Para. 2Para. 3Para. 3Para. 4Para. 4Para. 5Para. 5Para. 6Para. 6Learning a language is more than just memorising words, phrases and structuresDifferent opinions among expertsdifferences between learning MT and FLthe basic characteristics of successful learners.Why do some students achieve success in language learning? Ways to become successful learnsTwo Two language acquisition theorieslanguage acquisition theoriesPara. 2Theory 1 We’re born with a language specific part of the brain so that we have a special ability to learn language.Theory 2 We learn lang...
