Lesson 1: Learning Languages

1. What languages have you studied? How well can you read, write and speak each of them?

2. Which language do you think is the most difficult to learn? Why?

3. Do you think it's ever possible to speak a language like a native? Explain your reasons.

4. What do you find most difficult to learn in English?

5. Why do you want to improve your English? For example: work, travel, pleasure.

6. In what major ways is English grammar different from the grammar of your native language?

7. What's the best way to learn a language?

8. Do you like to listen to music in other languages? Do you make an effort to understand the words?

9. Have you ever had a friendship with someone who spoke a different language? What language(s) did you use to communicate? How did it affect your relationship?

10. How is your personality different when you speak another language? For example, are you more or less outgoing?

11. At what age did you begin studying a second language? Do think age affects a person's ability to learn a new language?

12. Do you think you learn more English inside or outside the classroom? What do you on your own to improve your English?

13. How often to you read in another language? What kinds of things do you read? Why?