Unit 8Unit 8Learning Learning a foreignforeign language: Twice As Hard? What is your difficultyin learning English? Difficulties in learning English 1.learning news words 2.learning how to pronounce different sounds3. learning new grammar rules 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: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.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 learns How do we learn our mother tongue?Para 1By communicating with the people around us.How do different people explain our ability to learn our mother tongue?Para. 2Some believe that We’re born with a language specific part of the brain so that we have a special ability to learn language.Others think that We learn language just the same as we learn other skills, that is, we have a general ability to learn language. Mother tongueMother tongueForeign languageForeign languageMeans of Means of learninglearningAcquire(Acquire( 学到学到 ) b) by y _____________...
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