A: Do you speak any foreign
languages, George?
B: Yeah!
A: Which ones?
B: German, Chinese, and Swedish.
A: Wow! Could you tell me that how
you go about learning another language?
B: Well, I learned every language
in a different way. Let’s take Chinese.
I lived in Taiwan for a year.
When I first went over there, I knew no Chinese. And so I
started taking classes two hours a day. I also tried to read the
signs and listen to people. And I was also an English teacher.
So I would have all my students help me learn new words.
A: Did you find that was an
effective way to learn?
B: Yeah, my Chinese was pretty
good after a year.
A: Do you have any special tricks
that help you to learn the language?
B: Oh, definitely! I study
grammar. And I try to say as much as I can.
And I try to learn from my
mistakes.
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