2007-01-31 14:26:34 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Because when you are listening, you can listen for the major key words and forms. You don't have to construct grammar, or conjugate verbs, or anything. When you speak, you have to actually CREATE.
Probably the same reason it is easier to look at a masterpiece than it is to paint one!
2007-01-31 14:30:28 · answer #1 · answered by mthompson828 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because most people's receptive language skills are stronger than their expressive language skills. Have you ever been talking to someone and forgotten the word you want to use? It's "on the tip of your tongue" but you just can't get it out? That's because you know what you're trying to say (receptive language) but you are having trouble remembering the exact term (expressive language).
Aloha :)
2007-01-31 22:35:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find it easier to read (pinyin) than to speak it..and that is all easier than listening to it...mandarin..mostly because of the tones
2007-02-01 02:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason it's easier to take a multiple choice test than an essay style test.
it's easier to remember what's put forth to you than to generate it from scratch.
2007-02-01 01:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) The rules of Grammar take time to master.
2) The tongue takes time to accustom itself to the twists of a new language
2007-01-31 22:37:57 · answer #5 · answered by Sabya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its hard to pronounce the words right and hard to have an ear for it.
2007-01-31 22:29:31 · answer #6 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, it is the trouble we have with pronunciation, and we are afraid that if we mess up the pronunciation then we might say something different than we intended
2007-01-31 22:35:25 · answer #7 · answered by dances with cats 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋