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.