Why is learning a new language is difficult/easy? (For My Essay)?

Question

Could you help me with my essay by providing ideas of why learning a new language is easy/ difficult. List in paragraph form is appreciated. (You could do point form if you like, but paragraph form is the most preferrable one)

Answer 1

Every language has different grammatical structure. My native language doesn't have "a" or "the" so those are very hard to get a grasp of.

Some languages don't require a particular word order. Getting the word order for English was a new concept. It is difficult to construct sentences fast, at first, because you always miss something out that you can't add at the end.

It is much easier to learn a third language. Once your brain gets used to the idea, one more language is not so hard.

Answer 2

I moved to the US when I was about 12 with just a little bit of English that I learned in my country while going to a private school. I could hold very basic conversations for 2 minutes at most. In addition to that I was really extremely shy because I thought right when I start to speak English people would make fun of me because I might be mispronouncing words or my sentences do not make complete sense. I was placed in an ESL class obviously, but I was the only person in my class from my country, which meant I just had to speak English because I had no other choice. Turned out in a matter of about 3 months I started speaking English without thinking in my own language, and my speed was pretty reasonable. 3 months later I was put in all regular English classes. I think easiness or difficulty of learning a new language has a lot to do with the person's age. When you are younger, it's so much easier for you to adapt and you're just naturally more capable to quickly learn new things. I also believe that it is closely related with the person's will. When you're just obligated to do something and you know you don't have a choice, you just sort of do it. I was in that situation and I have to say I am very happy with the results. Today I speak English like a native. In my first few years in the US, people frequently asked me where I am from, nowadays nobody seems to notice. It's also important to want to learn a new language. I think you have to have some kind of passion for it. Right now I am learning Spanish and I found out learning the 3rd language is a lot easier than learning to 2nd one because you have already been through the process once, so you know what to expect. I have pretty much given you my life story here, sorry, but I thought these are some things you can consider while writing your paper. Good luck!

Answer 3

Difficult:

Learning a new language is difficult. There are many aspects in most languages that are different from english. I know that when I am learning a new language I have difficulty remembering the linking words such as, "The, is, but, also, are, they, etc..." I always make them sound english then what they really are. Also, teachers tend to take off if you don't have the correct accent marks. It is very difficult to remember where to put them and which way because in the english language, there are rarely accent marks on words. So we are not very familiar with it. Lastly, teachers seem to go so fast because they already know the language. They talk in the language you are learning but you haven't even learned half the words yet. Yes when you ask the teacher to slow down he/she will. But most likely the next day they will do the same thing. It gets very frusturating because you try so hard but everyone learns at a different pace.

I hope this helped :) !!!

Answer 4

I exactly learned English and let me tell you it's really hard. For some people it's easy and for some not. It's hard to learn other rules, the way you put a sentence, the way you write. It's really hard. Most of the people don't understand how is to come to other country and not know a single word in English. So my answer that it's really hard.

Answer 5

One of the hardest things for me, in my second language (spanish) is formulating sentences. The grammar isn't all that hard once you get a grasp of it. The hardest thing is expressing your ideas. When you are SO used to speaking in your native language (English for me), and then try to speak in a second language, you have a habit of thinking of your idea, then thinking what you want to say in your first language, and then translating it. Unfortunately sometimes things are lost in translation.

So for me the hardest part about learning spanish was thinking in spanish, instead of translating things to spanish. Once I got in the habit of seeing a picture in my head and immediately seeing the English AND Spanish words for it at the same time, learning it became a lot easier.

Answer 6

Well, I learned english when I was 15. It was easy cuz i was around people that speak the language. The environment helps.

Answer 7

Anybody preparing on traveling to a Spanish-speaking country sometime in the next months or so have to make a program so that can make a dissent conversation in Spanish or just to comprehend when men and women speak to them simply because by the time your journey rolls about you need to be conversationally fluent or rather close to it with the aid

Answer 8

b/c it's not ur first language......... so that's mean it's gonna be hard. English is not my first language and it's really hard especially when I'm school. Sometimes it's b/c the way we pronouce are alphaptes that makes so difficult

Answer 9

It is something we aren't used to and have to use different skills to learn a new language. Also, it is different than just learning normal school stuff b/c there are all those little details (like grammer and junk),,,,,,thats all i have to say

Answer 10

i truthfully found out ***, yet i could actually like to comprehend it. My writing is a techniques greater advantageous than my conversing regrettably.yet i could actually like to additionally study Korean. there is purely one thing approximately Asian languages. Oh! i've got additionally found out a good style of Spanish, somewhat Italian and French.