foreign language learning.ppt

Foreign Language Learning Contents What is foreign language? The importance of learning foreign language How to acquire a foreign language? Tips in foreign language learning What is foreign language? 1.Develop a basic vocabulary in your chosen language 2. Begin learning common phrases in the other language. 3.Learn the basics of grammar and sentence structure in the other language. 4. Continue building your vocabulary, then begin reading newspapers or books in the other language. 5. Look for opportunities to use the other language in real life. Tips It is OK to make mistakes. You are learning and improving. So just relax and enjoy yourself in learning. Enjoying losing face is the greatest guarantee of success. Practice, practice, and practice. You will only become comfortable speaking the language when you bite the bullet and do it . Make full use of the materials from Internet. Thank you for your attention. Wish you enjoy your foreign language learning. * Foreign language is any language used in a country other than ones own. It is a language that is studied mostly for cultural insight or a language spoken abroad. A man who does not know a foreign language does not know his own. ——Goethe Why? In 2004, a study by University College London UCL examined the brains of 105 people who could speak more than one language. The study found that people who learned a second language when younger had denser grey matter than those who learned one later. Grey matter is the part of the brain where information is processed. Studies show that a person that is bilingual or multilingual, can make a greater salary than a computer programmer or engineer because they can use their abilities in foreign language to obtain success in a wide range of career paths. Also due to the increase of international population, a multilingual person can easily communicate and translate to perspective viewers. Before you can speak or understand anything in the other language, you will need to know