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Message board > what are the difficulties of a language learner?
what are the difficulties of a language learner?
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tugce-cenk
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what are the difficulties of a language learner?
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what are the difficulties of a language learner?
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25 Jun 2009
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lomasbello
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One of the difficulty they face the most is their native tongue. |
25 Jun 2009
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manonski (f)
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Accepting not understanding everything.
Tendency to translate word for word using the same sentence structure of native tongue. |
25 Jun 2009
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libertybelle
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New sounds that are different from ones native language.
New vowel sounds, guttural sounds - TH sounds the letter R
is very different from language to language.
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26 Jun 2009
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Jayho
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New structure that is different from ones native language. English is subject-verb-object (SVO) but their language might be VOS, or one of the eight other combinations possible.
More info here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_Verb_Object
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26 Jun 2009
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lyny
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grammar most of the students hate grammar and so do I.
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26 Jun 2009
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lgk1000
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Problems will vary depending on where the students are from and their individual abilities. Here is a website that will give you information on pronunciation problems that many students have depending on their native language: http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/phono.html |
26 Jun 2009
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