Summary
Two hosts discuss their experiences learning languages and the challenges they face.
They explain that reaching an intermediate level is where progress becomes truly difficult. Speakers often feel embarrassed or anxious when when lost in conversation. They also share practical tips on how to memorise new vocabulary more effectively.
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Questions:
學英文要背單字嗎?
如何背單字?
學英文最困難的點是什麼?
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Questions:
學英文要背單字嗎?
如何背單字?
學英文最困難的點是什麼?
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I tried to watch a film in a foreign language last night.
What languages have you tried to learn? Or what languages can you speak?
Well, at school we learned French and also some German, but I don't speak those. When I started teaching abroad, I tried to learn the languages in those countries. So Czech from the Czech Republic, Spanish and also Japanese.
Well similar situation. I learnt French in school. I didn't really try. I didn't really enjoy it. But when I started teaching, I started learning Spanish and I was really motivated. So I'm definitely better at Spanish than I am at French.
Do you find learning languages difficult?
I think that when you start learning a language, it's quite easy because you can learn a lot in a short amount of time, but once you reach that sort of intermediate level, I think it can be very difficult to improve.
Yes, it's definitely difficult when you start learning a language and then when you go to that country and try to speak, you realise, even if you think you're quite good, that actually you're not so good.
What do you think is the hardest thing about learning a new language?
I think listening is very hard, but also speaking because you have to think and concentrate before you say something, and then you also then have to think and concentrate to understand the answer. And if you get lost, you can feel really bad. You can feel, um, embarrassed or awkward or anxious.
I think sometimes you memorise or you try to remember words and phrases, and then you use them and you feel really good because you said a fluent sentence, and then the person replies and you're so focussed on 'yes, I said something good' that you then don't understand what they've said back to you.
Absolutely, yes. I think everyone studying a language has experienced that.
Do you have any tips for memorising things? Because when you learn a language you really have to memorise things.
So, I find writing things down and putting them in my house really helps. And it's about seeing and practising those words again and again. Because the more you say them, the more they get into your head.
Yeah, we get lots of comments from our audience asking how to be more fluent. What does that mean?
So fluent is when you're able to speak a language without too many pauses. We are both English, so we can speak English fluently. Um, but I can't speak Spanish fluently. I can speak it OK, but I still have to pause and think quite a lot when I speak it.
If you are fluent in a language, it means you can speak it easily without having to think too much.
People are often anxious when they speak a foreign language.
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雅思語言學習必學單字和例句
1.She studied abroad for two years and is now fluent in Mandarin.
她出國留學兩年，現在能流利地說普通話。
2.Many students find learning languages difficult at the intermediate stage.
許多學生覺得在中級階段學習語言很困難。
3.I regret not practising my French more seriously during my school years.
I can barely remember a single sentence now.
我後悔在求學期間沒有更認真地練習法語 現在幾乎一句話都記不住了。
4.Although he is fluent in Spanish, he still occasionally struggles with regional accents and slang.
雖然他能流利地說西班牙語，有時仍對地區口音和俚語感到吃力。
5.Most people find learning languages difficult not because of grammar rules, but because of the fear of making mistakes in public.
大多數人覺得學習語言困難，不是因為文法規則，而是害怕在公開場合犯錯。
6.Sandra was proud of every student who attempted to speak in class, no matter how many mistakes they made.
Sandra為每一位嘗試在課堂上開口說話的學生感到驕傲，無論他們犯了多少錯誤。
7.My Japanese is fairly good, but I still have to pause and think quite a lot when I speak it.
我的日語還算不錯，但說話時還是常常需要停下來想一想。
What languages have you tried to learn? Or what languages can you speak?
Well, at school we learned French and also some German, but I don't speak those. When I started teaching abroad, I tried to learn the languages in those countries. So Czech from the Czech Republic, Spanish and also Japanese.
Well similar situation. I learnt French in school. I didn't really try. I didn't really enjoy it. But when I started teaching, I started learning Spanish and I was really motivated. So I'm definitely better at Spanish than I am at French.
Do you find learning languages difficult?
I think that when you start learning a language, it's quite easy because you can learn a lot in a short amount of time, but once you reach that sort of intermediate level, I think it can be very difficult to improve.
Yes, it's definitely difficult when you start learning a language and then when you go to that country and try to speak, you realise, even if you think you're quite good, that actually you're not so good.
What do you think is the hardest thing about learning a new language?
I think listening is very hard, but also speaking because you have to think and concentrate before you say something, and then you also then have to think and concentrate to understand the answer. And if you get lost, you can feel really bad. You can feel, um, embarrassed or awkward or anxious.
I think sometimes you memorise or you try to remember words and phrases, and then you use them and you feel really good because you said a fluent sentence, and then the person replies and you're so focussed on 'yes, I said something good' that you then don't understand what they've said back to you.
Absolutely, yes. I think everyone studying a language has experienced that.
Do you have any tips for memorising things? Because when you learn a language you really have to memorise things.
So, I find writing things down and putting them in my house really helps. And it's about seeing and practising those words again and again. Because the more you say them, the more they get into your head.
Yeah, we get lots of comments from our audience asking how to be more fluent. What does that mean?
So fluent is when you're able to speak a language without too many pauses. We are both English, so we can speak English fluently. Um, but I can't speak Spanish fluently. I can speak it OK, but I still have to pause and think quite a lot when I speak it.
If you are fluent in a language, it means you can speak it easily without having to think too much.
People are often anxious when they speak a foreign language.
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雅思語言學習必學單字和例句
1.She studied abroad for two years and is now fluent in Mandarin.
她出國留學兩年，現在能流利地說普通話。
2.Many students find learning languages difficult at the intermediate stage.
許多學生覺得在中級階段學習語言很困難。
3.I regret not practising my French more seriously during my school years.
I can barely remember a single sentence now.
我後悔在求學期間沒有更認真地練習法語 現在幾乎一句話都記不住了。
4.Although he is fluent in Spanish, he still occasionally struggles with regional accents and slang.
雖然他能流利地說西班牙語，有時仍對地區口音和俚語感到吃力。
5.Most people find learning languages difficult not because of grammar rules, but because of the fear of making mistakes in public.
大多數人覺得學習語言困難，不是因為文法規則，而是害怕在公開場合犯錯。
6.Sandra was proud of every student who attempted to speak in class, no matter how many mistakes they made.
Sandra為每一位嘗試在課堂上開口說話的學生感到驕傲，無論他們犯了多少錯誤。
7.My Japanese is fairly good, but I still have to pause and think quite a lot when I speak it.
我的日語還算不錯，但說話時還是常常需要停下來想一想。