08 fevereiro 2011

Aspects of Learning a Foreign Language

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Learning a new language can be quite difficult. There are some aspects that influence when people start to feel interested on learning a different language. The most popular problems about it refer to the grammar and the phonetics. Since some of the languages may have distinct origins, for example, Portuguese and German, it is natural experience sort of uncomfortable feeling. Mainly, when its people’s first contact with the foreign language.

More than half of the population has troubles with grammar, not surprisingly, in its own language. So, even with distinguish models of constructing phrases or verbal tenses, every language has a logical structure. My understanding leads me to the belief that a very good way to learn and comprehend is to build a comparison scheme of what is known and is desired to apprehend. Another point made by many students, sometimes as reason to avoid studying it, is that grammar is too boring. Rules are usually seen as annoying things that should not be taken in count. Following these thoughts, grammar became a difficult issue for students.

Phonetics is not considered bad as grammar, but for some people might be a big question when the oral ability of communication is required. At certain age, the child is more capable of adapting to diverse tones or accents than adults, or teenagers. Then, depending of how old the person starts to learn a foreign language, and the familiarity with it, it will be easier or not. In other words, for new learners to talk as native speakers demand a certain time and a lot of practice.

The advantages of learning a new language are unarguable. Although there are some intrinsic difficulties that appear, they should not intimidate those who have the thirsty for knowledge. On the contrary, these presented problems must be an additional motivation to keep moving forward.

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