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I’mlearningtospeakanotherlanguage,actually.I’mlearningFrench.I’malsolearning,er,todrive.
W2:
I’mlearningtoplaygolfatthemoment.Um,myhusbandandmysonplaygolf,andwhenwegoonholiday,IfeelthatIwanttobeabletoplaywiththem.
W3:
I’mlearningtospeakSpanish.
W4:
IamlearningArabic.
M1:
Well,I’vebeenlearningtoplaytheguitarforabout50yearsnow.Andit’saconstantprocess,sostilllearningbits,yes.
W5:
I’mlearningyogaatthemoment,andI’mfindingitquitehard.
M2:
ThecoursesI’mtakingare,aretrainingcoursesforleadership,er,negotiation,(and)evaluation.
M3:
I’mlearningSwahili.
W6:
Atthemoment,I’mlearningtopaintanddrawineveningclassesforadults.
W7:
I’mstudyingpart-timeafterwork.
M4:
I’veer,justlearnedhowtoer,doalotofkayaking.
W8:
Iamlearninghowtodesignawebsiteatthemoment.
W9:
I’minachoirsosinging,Iguess,isprettymuchtheonlythingI’mdoingatthemoment.
M5:
Atthemoment,I’mtakingupanewinstrument.It’satraditionalinstrumentfromZimbabwe,andit’scalledthembira.Er,letmeshowyou.
Part3
What’sthemostdifficultthingyou’veeverlearned
Patience,Ithink.
Arabic.
Courage.
Learningalanguageisparticularlydifficultformyself(me),soprobablylearningtheSpanish.
ThemostdifficultthingIhaveeverlearnedisMandarinChinese.IdiditineveningclassesafewyearsagoandIfounditreally,reallydifficult.
Probablycapoeira,whichisaBraziliandance,martialart,fightthing.It’sacombinationofallofthesethings.Andyes,thatwasverydifficultbecausetherewerelotsofunusualbodymovementstolearn.
Learningtodrivewasthemostdifficultthing.
Well,IlearnedsomeSanskrit,andthat’sgotum,ninecases,twomorethanLatin.It’squitedifficultbymoststandards.
IthinkIfoundFrenchveryhardatschool.
Um,Ilearnedtoplaythetrumpetatschool.Thatwasprettydifficult.Er...andmaybelearningtodrive.Ihatedlearningtodrive.
Listening
P=presenter;
S=Sally
P:
Hi.You’relisteningtoAsktheExpertandintoday’sprogramwe’retalkingaboutlanguagesandhowtolearnalanguage.OurexperttodayisSallyParker,whoisateacher.HiSally.
S:
Hello.
Sally,ourfirstquestiontodayisfromAndy.Hesays,“I’vejuststartedlearningEnglish.MyproblemisthatI’mtoofrightenedtospeak.Mygrammarisnotverygood,soI’mworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing.”HaveyougotanyadviceforAndy
OK.Well,thefirstthingisIthinkAndyshouldpracticespeakingtohimself.
SpeakingtohimselfI’mnotsurethat’sagoodidea.
Iknowitsoundssilly,buttalkingtoyourselfinaforeignlanguageisareallygoodwaytopractice.Youdon’thavetofeelembarrassed,becausenobodycanhearyou.Youcantalktoyourselfaboutanythingyoulike–whatyouhadforbreakfast,whereyou’regoingfortheweekend–anything.Andthemoreyoudoit,themoreyouwillgetusedtohearingyourownvoiceandyourpronunciation,soyouwon’tfeelsofrightenedintheclassroom.Andyshouldtryit.
Hm,Isupposeso.AnythingelseWhatabouthisgrammar
HehasonlyjuststartedlearningEnglish,soheisgoingtomakelotsofmistakes,butthat’snotaproblem.That’showhe’lllearn.Andyshouldn’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.
You’reright.SoAndy,trytalkingtoyourself,anddon’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.OurnextproblemcomesfromOliviainBrazil.Sheisworriedaboutpronunciation.Shesays,“TheproblemisIcan’tunderstandnativespeakers.TheyspeaksofastandIcan’tunderstandtheirpronunciation.”SoSally,anyideasforOlivia
Well,firstofallit’sagoodideaforhertopracticeherlisteningskills.Sheshouldlistento
Englishasmuchaspossibletogetusedtohowitsounds.Listentothenews,listentopodcasts,(and)watchEnglishtelevision.
OK–that’sagoodidea.
Andanotherthingsheshoulddoistofocusonlisteningandreadingatthesametime.IfyoulistentosomethingontheInternet,youcanoftenreadthetranscript.Ifyoulistenandreadatthesametime,it’llhelpyouseewhatthewordssoundlikeandhowthewordssoundwhenanativespeakeristalking.
Great.Thankyou,Sally.Well,huh,I’mafraidthat’sallwehavetimefortoday,butnextweekwe’llbe…
Viewing
N=Narrator;
I=IanDeary;
N:
RecentresearchintothehistoryofIQtestsinScotlandsuggestsyourIQscoremightpredict,toanextentatleast,yourhealthandevenyourlifeexpectancy.
Youhave45minutestodothetest,OK
OK.
BillandDavinaare79yearsold.Thisisthesecondtimethey’vedonethistest.Thefirsttimewasin1932,whenevery11-year-oldinScotlandwasputthroughanintelligencetest.It’stheonlytimethiskindofmasstestinghaseverbeendoneintheUK.TheresultswererediscoveredrecentlyinanEdinburghbasement.Ifyouwanttoknowhowourintelligencechangesaswegetolder,theseresultsareapotentialgoldmine.
I:
Webroughthundredsofpeoplebackandwegotthemtosittheexactsametestthattheyhadsatwhentheywereaged11.Now,thesepeoplearenow79or80yearsold.Wegavethesameinstructions.Wegavethesametest.Andwegavethesametimelimit.
ItwasalittlestickierthanIthoughtitwouldbe.
Iwalkedthroughitquitehappily,quitehonestly.
IfeltImusthavebeenverybrightat11ifIsatthatexamandpassed.
Thereweresomeintriguingresults.Almosteveryonehadabetterscoreat80thantheydidat11.Butsomehadgonefrombeingjustaveragelyintelligenttoamuchhigherlevel.
Now,that’swhatreallydrivesourresearch.We’reinterestedin:
Whyhavethosepeoplewho’vegone(peoplegone)fromIQ100,atage11,upto110or120WhathavetheydonerightWhatcanbetherecipeforsuccessfulagingWe’refindingthatthepersonwithmoreeducation,eventhoughtheyhadthesameIQinchildhood,isdoingslightlybetterinoldage,onaverage.Thepersonwhohadamoreprofessionaljob,inoldage,isdoingslightlybetteronaveragethanthepersonwhohadamanualjob,despitethefactthattheystartedatthesamelevel.Thepeoplewhosmokedhavegotslightlylessgoodmentalabilitythanyouwouldexpect.
What’sevenmoreremarkableisthatthekidswhohadhigherIQscoresat11aretheveryonesstillalivetoday.SoitseemshighIQinchildhoodisgoodforsurvival.
Speakingforcommunication
Role-play
A:
Ah,OK,soweneedtothinkofthebestideasfortakingtests.
B:
Yep.
Er,well,howaboutthisoneIt’sagoodideatostudywithfriendsatthesametimeeachday.
Mm,inmyopinion,thisisareallygoodidea.Youcanmakeitaregularpartofyourdailylife.
Youmeanlikehavingbreakfastatthesametime,lunchatthesametime,studyingatthesametime.
Yes.AndalsoIthinkithelpswhenyoustudywithfriends.
Yeah,I,Ithinkit’smoremotivating.
Andyoucanactuallytalktosomeone,notjustlookatbooks.IfindthatifI’monlyreadingmynotesit’seasytoloseconcentration.Istartthinkingaboutotherthings.Butwhenyouaretalkingtosomeone,itreallyhelpsyouconcentrate.So,yes,Iagreewiththisone.
OK.Anotherideaisnottoeattoomuchbeforetheexam.
Oh,really
Mm,whenIeatalot,Igetsleepy.
Oh,Isee.Ithinkitdepends.Becauseifyoudon’teatenough,youstarttofeelhungryinthemiddleoftheexam.
Mm,that’strue.
Andthenyoucan’tconcentrate.
Yeah,that’strue.
So,I’mnotsureaboutthisadvice,forme.AsIsaid,Ithinkitdepends.Ialwaystrytoeatagoodmealbeforeanexam.I’msonervousthatInevergetsleepy.
Hm.OK.Whatotherideasdoyouhave
Well,there’sonethingIalwaysdobeforeanexam.
What’sthat
Igotobedearlythenightbefore.
Right.
Ialwaystrytosleepforeighthoursthenightbeforetheexam.
Furtherpracticeinlistening
Shortconversations
Conversation1
W:
Itisthethirdtimemypaperhasbeenrejectedbyjournalsbecauseoflanguageproblems.
M:
Youknow,thereisawritingcenteroncampus.IhadnevergotagradebetterthanCforanyofmytermpapersbeforetheyhelpedmeout.
Q:
Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation
Thewomanshouldseekhelpfromthewritingcenter
Conversation2
YousaidyouwouldchooseSpanishasyoursecondforeignlanguage.WhydidyoufinallychooseFrenchinstead
MygrandfatherspeaksfluentFrenchandhesaysthatFrenchisalanguagethatanytrulyculturedpersonmustknow.
WhydoesthewomanchoosetolearnFrench
ShethinksspeakingFrenchisamustforculturedpeople.
Conversation3
Youseemtohavenoproblemunderstandingnativespeakersnow.HowaboutDr.Brown’sspeechlastnight
Excellent.Butitwasstilltoofastformetofollow,especiallywhenDr.Browntalkedaboutthoseabstracttheories.
Whatdidthemandolastnight
Heattendedaspeech.
Conversation4
ItseemstomethatMelissaisinabadmoodtoday.What’swrongwithher
Melissaforgottobringheridentificationcardyesterdayandshewasnotallowedtoenterthecontest.Youknowshehadpreparedforthecontestformonths.
WhatmadeMeli