外語學(xué)習(xí)中的7種常見誤區(qū)介紹

第第頁外語學(xué)習(xí)中的7種常見誤區(qū)介紹

1.Languagelearningisdifficult

Itisonlydifficulttolearnalanguageifyoudon’twantto.Learningalanguagetakestime,butisnotdifficult.Youmostlyneedtolistenandread.Believeme,itisthatsimple.Ihavedoneitmanytimes.Soonyoufeelthesatisfactionofunderstandinganotherlanguage.Beforeyouknowityoustartspeaking.Itisthewaylanguagesareusuallytaughtthatmakeslanguagelearninghardtolike.

2.Youhavetohaveagiftforlearninglanguages

Noyoudon’t.Anyonewhowantsto,canlearn.InSwedenandHollandmostpeoplespeakmorethanonelanguage.Theycan’tjustallbegiftedatlanguages.ForeignathletesinNorthAmericausuallylearntospeakEnglishfasterthanpeopleinmoreformallearningenvironments.Inlanguagelearningitisattitude,notaptitude,thatdeterminessuccess.

3.Youhavetolivewherethelanguageisspoken

SomeimmigrantstoNorthAmericaneverlearntospeakmorethanhaltingEnglish.YetwemeetpeopleinothercountrieswhospeakflawlessEnglish.In1968,IlearnedtospeakMandarinfluentlywhilelivinginHongKong,wherefewpeoplespokeit.WiththeInternet,languagecontentisavailabletoanyonewithacomputer,andyoucandownloadittoyouriPodandlisten.Whereyouliveisnotanobstacle.

4.Onlychildrencanlearntospeakanotherlanguagewell

Recentbrainresearchhasdemonstratedthatourbrainsremainplasticwellintooldage.Adultswholosetheireyesighthavetolearnanewlanguage,braille,fore*ample.Adultshaveawidevocabularyintheirownlanguageandarebetterlanguagelearnersthanchildren.Ihavelearned4languagessincetheageof55.Adultsonlyneedthechild’swillingnesstoe*perimentanddesiretocommunicate,withoutthefearofridicule.

5.Tolearnalanguageyouneedformalclassroominstruction

Thisisthecru*oftheproblem.Classroomsmaybeeconomicaltorunandagreatplacetomeetothers.Theyhavetheweightofhistoryandtraditionbehindthem.Unfortunately,aclassroomisaninefficientplacetolearnalanguage.Themorestudentsintheclass,themoreinefficientitis.Languagescannotbetaught,theycanonlybelearned.Theoreticalgrammaticale*planationsarehardtounderstand,hardtoremember,andevenhardertouse.Drillsande*ercisesareannoyingtomostpeople.Amajorityofschoolkidsgraduateunabletocommunicateinlanguagesthattheystudyfor10ormoreyears.

6.Youneedtospeakinordertolearn(andIhavenobodytospeakto)

Speakingthelanguageisusuallythegoaloflanguagelearning,butspeakingcanwait.Onceyouhaveacquiredthelanguage,youwillfindtheopportunitytospeak.Whenyouarelearningthelanguageitismoreimportanttolisten.Tryingtojustpickupafew“handy”phrasestosayislikelytojustgetyouintotrouble.Ifyoumeetanativespeaker,youwillinevitablyspendmostofyourtimelisteningunlessyoualreadyknowthelanguage.Youdonotneedtospeakinordertolearn,youneedtolearninordertospeak.

7.IwouldlovetolearnbutIdon’thavethetimeHowaboutthetimeyouspendwaitinginline,commuting,doingthingsaroundthehouse,goingforawalk?WhynotusethattimetolistentoalanguageonyouriPod?Onceyougetstarted,even10or15