文档介绍：Unit 8

Learning a foreign
language: Twice As Hard?
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RIDDLE
What is like a bridge
That brings together you and me ?
What is like an entrance
From which we can enter another world ?
What is like a train
Which can take us to a bright future ?
LANGUAGE
What is your difficulty
in learning English?
Learning a foreign language:
Twice As Hard?
Is learning a foreign language
twice as hard as learning our
mother tongue?
Skim the text:
Task One: Complete the title of the
text
Task Two: Tell the main idea of the
text of and of each
paragraph
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 idea
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Learning a language is more than just memorising words, phrases and structures
Different opinions among experts
differences between learning MT and FL
the basic characteristics of essful learners.
Why do some students achieve ess in language learning?
Ways to e essful learns
True or false
1. We are still not sure how we learn all the sounds , words , grammar rules and structures.
2. Language experts agree on that we can learn languages in life, for everyone learns to use a language and has mastered the basics by the age of five.
3. Because there are few chances municate with other speakers of the language, some students think learning a foreign language is difficult.
4. In fact, the author doesn’t think we spend less time on English study than on Chinese study.
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5. Textbooks, teachers, classmates and study method make us more efficient.
6. In the writer’s eyes, learning a foreign language is very easy, compared to learning one’s mother tongue.
7. If we