Why is it more difficult to speak a foreign language than to read, write or listen (hear and understand) a foreign language? And how do you overcome this problem?
I will research this and add the answer to this post...very soon!
-T
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
4 comments:
I am still working on this...i promise!
-T
from Wikipedia...just a start...
"Most learners begin their acquisition process with a "silent period," in which they speak very little if at all. For some this is a period of language shock, in which the learner actively rejects the incomprehensible input of the new language. However, research has shown that many "silent" learners are engaging in private speech (sometimes called "self-talk"). While appearing silent, they are rehearsing important survival phrases and lexical chunks. These memorized phrases are then employed in the subsequent period of formulaic speech. Whether by choice or compulsion, other learners have no silent period and pass directly to formulaic speech. This speech, in which a handful of routines is used to accomplish basic purposes..."
Aussi.. it depends on how you are taught. If you are taught to read and write first then it will seem harder to speak and it's not that it's harder it's that you skipped an integral part of speech production in language acquistion. Plus as former student of French myself it was vocab that I was always searching for. And that just comes with beaucoup de practice. Bon courage ~Madame L-A
Merci Madame! I have been pretty busy with this Film Festival stuff ;-)
Post a Comment