Learning a foreign language

Learning a foreign language

The best ways to learn a foreign language

TV as a teacher

Repetition

Apps

Meetups are a social way to learn

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Health benefits of learning a language

1. Better Decision-Making Skills 2. Improved Memory 3. Increased Attention 4. Improved Ability To Multitask 5. Better Cognitive Abilities 6. Improved First Language 7. Bigger Brain 8. Delayed Dementia

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Mistakes

Learners are afraid of speaking in English

85%

What's your opinion?

Inspirational quotes

Geoffrey Willans

Chinese proverb

Flora Lewis

Federico Fellini

"You can never understand one language until you understand at least two."

"Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere."

"A different language is a different vision of life."

"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things."

How many languages do you speak?

What's the best way to learn a foreign language?

What methods do you use to remember vocabulary better?

Why do some people have more difficulty than others when learning a language?

To what extent do you agree that it's better to learn language as a child? Why or why not?

To speak its language well, how important is it to know something about the culture of a country?

When you travel to a foreign country, is it always easy to use your foreign language?

How can the Internet be a helpful tool when learning a foreign language?

Can you learn a language by watching television?

Can a good teacher influence how well you enjoy learning a language?

Is it possible to teach yourself a language?

What languages would you like to learn in future?

Do you think that knowing a foreign language might encourage you to live abroad in future?

Could you teach your mother tongue to someone else?

Do you ever read websites in a foreign language?

Is it possible to learn a language without studying grammar?

Have teaching methods for language learning changed over the last 50 years?

Are teenage language exchange programs useful? Why? / Why not?

Time for listening

Listening task 1

Listening task 2

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