Learning a language Linguists are interested in
the abilities that people have to learn language and are trying to solve the
problem of how to learn a language more easily. Linguists are doing research
on this issue in two ways: Ⅰ. understand how children learn
to speak and understand(1)______language;
(1)______ Linguists cannot agree on it for
the time being. Group 1: children are born with the(2)______to
learn a language;
(2)______ Group 2: children learn to use a language from
their(3)______;
(3)______ If we knew how(4)______learn their
native language, we would have an
(4)______ easy way to teach adults.
Ⅱ. learn how people learn a second language.
Two main approaches to teaching adults a foreign language:
1. learn a second language the(5)______. way children learn
native language (5)______
--teachers speak only the foreign language in the(6)______
(6)______ --(7)______the student to as much of the
spoken language as possible.
(7)______ --not teach rules for(8)______
(8)______ 2.(9)______method:
(9)______ --teach the students the rules of a
foreign language. Many teachers will
try(10)______ways of teaching to help the students
(10)______ learn the language quickly
and easily.