Текст од Sylviane346 - English
The best way to learn languages.
- Do you think the current education system in Belgium is good enough to learn a foreign language?
- If not, what would you change?
- I think that the current education system is good enough to learn a foreign language but I would change the manner of teaching foreign languages.
- Most of the time, teachers use books page by page.
- They forget that the final purpose is to communicate, interact, and become fluent.
- I have two sons and we did home-schooling for years till secondary school.
- Every day, we were used to studying English for half an hour.
- They learned listening, writing, reading, and obviously speaking English.
- We used a book but in an intelligent manner, in order to create speaking opportunities.
- Have you ever spent more than one month somewhere to learn the language?
- Unfortunately, I have never spent time somewhere to learn a language.
- But when I was at school to become a primary school teacher, I went to Slovakia to teach French in a high school for one month.
- I remember that the teacher was used to using “La semaine de Français”.
- Once I offered the students a different activity to talk, exchange, and give their opinion.
- But it failed because they were totally lost.
- What’s the best way to learn a foreign language?
- First, the best way to learn a language is probably to get a background by studying in a good book or having a course with a teacher and other students.
- Thanks to this first step you will get enough vocabulary, grammar, spelling, pronunciation, and interaction to become more and more proficient and fluent.
- Second, you should practice.
- I think that the best manner to practice is to find a buddy language.
- A native speaker will really help you to reach your goal.
- What do you think about immersion at school?
- Immersion at school is a good thing.
- It’s proved that children learn easier languages than adults.
- If your children are interested in languages, immersion at school is a good opportunity.
- Do you think English could become a universal language?
- I think English is already an international language. Isn’t it?
- If you have to choose between Dutch and English, which one has the priority?
- I think that Dutch is very important if you work in the north part of Belgium or in the tourism sector.
- But English is more useful than Dutch.
- Thanks to English, you can meet interesting people from all around the world.
- Why is it important in a country like Belgium to speak more than just French?
- First of all, it is very important to talk several languages in Belgium because we have three official languages.
- It’s a part of our culture.
- Second, Belgium is a tiny country.
- Despite I’m very proud to be Belgian, I consider myself a world citizen.
- Do you agree that everybody should speak two languages in Belgium?
- For sure it’s a trump to speak several languages.
- But when I hear ’everybody should speak two languages in Belgium’, I’m thinking of a kind of obligation that really disturbs me.
- In the same vein, everybody should be able to fix one’s car, cut hair, bake bread, or whatever you can imagine.
- Sylviane346February 2021Сада гласајте !
МОЛИМО, ПОМОЗИТЕ ИСПРАВИТИ СВАКУ РЕЧЕНИЦУ! - English