Learning Languages

Warming up questions:
How do you think people learn a language?
Why do you think people learn a language?
Do people learn a second language best inside or outside a classroom?
Do you think of the classroom as a real situation of its own or as something artificial?
What do you do if you realize someone has not understood what you have said?

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What happened to him when he went to Spain?

What did he think of age regarding language?
What is his approach to learning language? How does he think one better learns a language?
What does he think of:
 Age and L2 learning?
 Aptitude and L2 learning?
 Aptitude and motivation?
 Social aspects of L2 learning?
 Goals of L2 learning?

What do you think of these statements? Do you agree with them? Why/ why not?

 The basis for teaching is the spoken, not the written language.
 Teachers and students should use the second language rather than the first language in
the class.
 The aim of language teaching is to make students like native speakers.