l = This is easy m = This is okay n = This is difficult Reading: How to learn a new language Read the text about learning a new language and fill in the gaps with words from the green box. There are two words too many. Speaking: English around the world You have two minutes to take notes about everything you remember about English as a world language. Then present your knowledge to a partner. 10 bilingual • fact • foreign • interested • internet • language • learn • necessary • practise • remember • tips l m n I can understand a text about language learning. Are you interested in learning another language? Not everyone is bilingual 1 and grows up speaking two languages fluently. And not all of us have the chance to learn another language when we are still very young. Children can learn a 2 language easily, by speaking and playing. But for the rest of us, learning another language can be challenging at times. Here are some 3 to make studying a language a little easier: Use your interests. That means use topics you are 4 in for your language learning. If you like a topic you are reading about or listening to, then your brain will 5 more easily what it has seen or heard. Use different ways to learn. Listen to music or the news, watch films or trailers and read stories, blogs or online magazines. It is the context that brings language to life. The 6 certainly helps you to find those things. Talk, talk, talk. Another well known 7 about language learning is that you have to 8 speaking as much as you can. You don’t have to live in another country to do that, but practising with native speakers is certainly a good idea. Repetition: And of course, repeating words, phrases and structures is 9 in order to remember. Try to study in small doses, maybe a little each day, instead of studying many hours at one time. 11 l m n I can talk about facts about a certain topic. 118 14 Unit It’s all about language Show what you can do a6qe2i one hundred and eighteen Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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