刘久红课件.pptVIP

* Welcome,everyone! Lead-in Learning A Foreign Language Learning A Foreign Language Learning A Foreign Language Which do you think easier to learn, Chinese or English? Learning a foreign language: Twice As Hard? Scanning Answer the questions: 1.At what age have most children mastered their mother tongue? 2. How do different people explain our ability to learn our mother tongue? Most children mastered their mother tongue at five. Some experts explain that we are equipped with a special ability to learn language and our brain adjusts itself to the language, Others think that we learn language in the same way we learn other things and that what we are born with is a general ability to learn and adapt ,not a language –specific part of the brain. Para. 4 Para. 3 Para. 2 Para. 1 Main idea Learning a language is obviously more than just memorizing words, phrases and structures. It is puzzling how we are able to learn or acquire our mother tongue. Language experts have different answers to the question. Learning a foreign language is different from learning one’s mother tongue Successful language learners share a number of characteristics Skimming purpose Para. 6 Para. 5 The author introduces the research into language learning and talks about the common characteristics of successful language learners to offer information and help the readers and learners. If we adopt some of the study skills and characteristics described in the text, we will become more successful. By planning and evaluating their learning, successful language learners gain confidence which in turn allows them to enjoy the learning process and learn better and faster. If we want to become successful language learner, we should try to learn all by ourselves. We learn our mother tongue much faster than we learn a foreign language. Although experts don’t agree each other, they all share a common opinion :Life is a very successful language school. We study our mother tongue all day long for