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The Most Difficult Language?




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Card 18

The Most Difficult Language?

1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about.

2. The author explains why people find Chinese a very difficult language to learn. Find this extract and read it aloud.

3. What factors play an important role in learning a language?

4. Why do British diplomats find it difficult to learn Hungarian?


 
1. Read the article and say in 2-3 sentences what it is about.
The text runs about learning foreign languages.
The author analyses why some languages are difficult and some are easy to learn.
The author gives arguments why Chinese is easy to learn.
The article shows factors that play an important role in learning a language.
It says about the most difficult languages to learn.
 
 
2. The author explains why people find Chinese a very difficult language to learn. Find this extract and read it aloud.

The paragraph to read is number .

 
3. What factors play an important role in learning a language?

… (3) play an important role in learning a language

concentration
teachers
attention
attitude to the foreign language
the circumstances in which the language is learned
learner’s motivation
 
4. Why do British diplomats find it difficult to learn Hungarian?

British diplomats find it difficult to learn Hungarian because of its (2 words): it has 35 (2 words).