In order to learn a language well, we should also learn about the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak this language. v.3
In order to learn a language well, we should also learn about the country as well as the cultures and lifestyles of the people who speak this language. v. 3
Learning a language can be easy but being able to communicate like a native speaker and having a well-grasp of that language are quite hard as it takes more than learning words and grammatical rules of a language. It is scientifically proved that people often mean completely different things than what they actually say and even the slightest variation of our tone alters the meaning. I quite agree with the viewpoint that to learn a language really well, someone has to learn about the country where this language is spoken and without knowing the cultural, historical and people’s lifestyle someone cannot truly master a language.
First, in order to speak a foreign language people need to learn the grammatical aspects and vocabulary of this language and then practice it for at least a year. On the contrary, we learn our mother tongue from our surroundings, parents, teachers, relatives and through life experience. We know when to use an expression, when to use sarcasm, when to shorten a vocabulary and when to avoid a word. This all seems natural to us only because we have learned it from our experience, not from books. However, in the case of a foreign language, we must learn the people and their lifestyles in order to properly learn this language. From instance, I had many Spanish speaking friends in my school and I had three courses in this language. I am capable of communicating in Spanish and express my ideas but if someone asks me how far I know about this language, I would say almost nothing. This is because I do not know the cultural and historical aspects of the Spanish people at all.
Second, people learn to communicate in a different language when they migrate to a different country. I personally know many who can fluently speak English after they have migrated and stayed in an English Speaking country. Some of these people were even less educated and since they had the exposure to the culture, people’s lifestyles and environment of an English speaking country, they learned the language. From my experience, I can say that learning process of a language can be accelerated when someone has the disclosure of the country and its cultural aspects where it is spoken.
Thus knowledge about a country, its citizens, history, lifestyle, cultural and traditional aspects are quite important to learn the language spoken there. We learn better by doing something than reading about it and this is also true while learning a language as well. A language is better learned when we know about the people and the country who own it.
Learning
a
language
can be easy
but
being able to communicate like a native speaker and having a well-grasp of that
language
are quite
hard
as it takes more than
learning
words and grammatical
rules
of a
language
. It is
scientifically
proved that
people
often
mean completely
different
things than what they actually say and even the slightest variation of our tone alters the meaning. I quite
agree
with the viewpoint that to
learn
a
language
really
well,
someone
has to
learn
about the
country
where this
language
is spoken
and without knowing the
cultural
, historical and
people’s
lifestyle
someone
cannot
truly
master a language.
First
, in order to speak a foreign
language
people
need to
learn
the grammatical
aspects
and vocabulary of this
language
and then practice it for at least a year.
On the contrary
, we
learn
our mother tongue from our surroundings, parents, teachers, relatives and through life experience. We
know
when to
use
an expression, when to
use
sarcasm, when to shorten a vocabulary and when to avoid a word. This all seems natural to us
only
because
we have learned it from our experience, not from books.
However
, in the case of a foreign
language
, we
must
learn
the
people
and their
lifestyles
in order to
properly
learn
this
language
. From instance, I had
many
Spanish speaking
friends in my school and I had three courses in this
language
. I am capable of communicating in Spanish and express my
ideas
but
if
someone
asks me how far I
know
about this
language
, I would say almost nothing. This is
because
I do not
know
the
cultural
and historical
aspects
of the Spanish
people
at all.
Second,
people
learn
to communicate in a
different
language
when they migrate to a
different
country
. I
personally
know
many
who can
fluently
speak English after they have migrated and stayed in an
English Speaking
country
.
Some
of these
people
were even less educated and since they had the exposure to the culture,
people’s
lifestyles
and environment of an
English speaking
country
, they learned the
language
. From my experience, I can say that
learning
process of a
language
can
be accelerated
when
someone
has the disclosure of the
country
and its
cultural
aspects
where it
is spoken
.
Thus
knowledge about a
country
, its citizens, history,
lifestyle
,
cultural
and traditional
aspects
are quite
important
to
learn
the
language
spoken there. We
learn
better by doing something than reading about it and this is
also
true while
learning
a
language
as well
. A
language
is better learned when we
know
about the
people
and the
country
who
own
it.
7Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
67Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
4Mistakes