LearningaforeignlanguageTwiceashard?Listenattentivelyspeakactivelyread&writeinthelibrarycommunicateintheEnglishcornerattendclassafterschoolstudyabroadDifferentopinionsoflanguageexperts.Learningaforeignlanguageisdifferentfromlearningone’smothertongueSuccessfullanguagelearnersshareanumberofcharacteristicsHowwasitpossibleforustoacquireourmothertonguewithoutreceivingformalinstruction?Everyoneofuscanlearnaforeignlanguagewellif…P1P2P3P4P6Matcheachparagraphwitheachmainidea:Howdothesuccessfullanguagelearnerslearnaforeignlanguage.P5WaystolearnMothertongue:1.Notreceive________________________.2.Learnby___________________________________.muchformalinstructioncommunicatingwithpeoplearoundusWhatarethedifferencebetweenmothertongueandforeignlanguage?A.Welearnquitefast.B.Wearenottaughtbutlearnanyway.C.Somepeoplethinkthatwearebornwithanabilitytolearnthis.D.Wecanlearnfasterifwedevelopstudyskills.MMFFF.Welearnthisinaspecialplacewherewecangethelp.G.Ittakeslongertolearnthis.H.WeLearnthisbycommunicatingwithothers.MMFE.Mostpeoplehavemasteredthisbytheageoffive.MCharacteristicsofsuccessfullearners1.interestedinunderstandingtheirownthinking2.curiousabouttheworld3.willingtotakechances4.confidentintheirability5.usedifferentwaysoflearning6.planandevaluatetheirlearningReadingcomprehension:1.Infact,welearnEnglishmuchfasterthanwemayhavethoughtbecause________.A.Alotofpeoplearebornwithaspecialabilitytolearnaforeignlanguage.B.Englishlearningalwaystakesplaceinclass.C.Communicatingwithpeopleoftentakestoomuchtime.D.Wecangetalotofhelpandthelearningismoreefficient.D2.Successfullanguagelearnersdosharethefollowingcharacteristicsexcept_____.A.theabilitytomemorizethewordsB.aninterestinunderstandingtheirownthinkingC.willingnesstotakechancesD.confidenceintheirabilityA3.Fromthetextwecansee_______.A.Thestrongerthemotivationis,themorequicklyapersonwilllearnaforeignlanguage.B.Interest,curiosity,willingnessandconfidencearemoreimportantthananythingelse.C.We’llfinditeasiertolearnEnglishifwecanlearnsomethingfromsuccessfullanguagelearners.D.BothBandC.D4.Thesentence“Lifeisaverysuccessfullanguageschool”means_______A.Weareequippedwithaspecialabilitytolearnlanguage.B.ThekeytolearnthelanguagewelliatocommunicatewiththepeoplearoundusC.ParentscangivechildrenlanguagelessonsD.PeoplecanlearnthelanguagebythemselvesB5.Whatisthepurposeofwritingthisarticle?A.Learningaforeignlanguageistwiceashardaslearningourmothertongue.B.Learningaforeignlanguageismoreimportantthanlearningourmothertongue.C.Learningaforeignlanguageistwiceaseasyifwedevelopourstudyskills.D.Infact,thenumberofpeoplelearningaforeignlanguagehasincreasedwithyears.CHowoldarethey?Andwherearetheygoing?GUESSNowadaysparentstendtosendtheirchildrenabroadtostudy.Intheiropinion,studyingabroadhasmanyadvantages,suchas,improvingtheirEnglish,findingagoodjobandsoon.Sowhatdoyouthinkofit?StudyAbroad,GoodorBad?