Like last week and the week before, I'd like to put this forward as a discussion topic (or prompt for your own notebook entries!). If you would like feedback on your response, please write *feedback please* or *edit please* at the bottom.
Different countries start public language education at different ages - some US public schools start offering language classes in primary school, while other students don't start learning languages until they're in 7th or 8th grade. When I lived in China almost every student across the country started learning English in 3rd grade - and an increasing number of parents were sending their one and two-year-old children to English classes or bilingual kindergartens.
When did you start learning a foreign language? At what age does public language education start in your country? Do you think this is a good age, too young, or too old? At what age should students start learning a foreign language?
Like last week, I'd like to put this forward as a discussion topic (or prompt for your own notebook entries!). If you would like feedback on your response, please write *feedback please* or *edit please* at the bottom.
What is the most challenging aspect of learning a foreign language? What do you struggle with the most, and why do you think this is particularly hard for you? Are their any strategies you have found to be useful?
Feel free to answer one or any of the questions below. You could even use this as a topic for a notebook entry. If you want, I can offer some corrections and grammar advice for your responses.
Why are you learning a language? Should languages be taught in schools? Should English be mandatory (required) for all students, or should students be able to choose which languages they learn? Should the world have one (official) international language? If so, what should it be - English, Esperanto, or another language?
I'm trying to improve my Turkish listening and speaking skills. When learning Chinese, I found it really benficial to watch TV shows or movies with subtitles in Chinese. I'm trying to find the same with Turkish shows or films. However, most material I've found online so far has English subtitles (or Greek or Bulgaran, subtitles, which <em>really</em> isn't helpful).
If anyone knows where I can find Turkish shows/films with Turkish subtitles, that would be really appreciated. Also, if you have any recommendations of shows/films (no soap operas or dramar though please!) with useful, simple dialogues, please tell me in the comments below.
