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Christian Suárez Cárdenas
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Difficulties of Learning a New Language
Nowadays, both students and people in business are required to have ability of using a second language. Learning a second language is not easy but it is becoming an important ability.
Some learn a foreign language for practical reasons while others are motivated because of aspirational, intellectual or sentimental reasons. To most people, second language acquisition is a lengthy and exhausting/strenuous process. A general approach taken by most learners is to learn vocabulary and memorize grammar rules. Pronunciation and dual meanings are also very important aspect. Vocabulary and the memorization of grammar are the primary and most important aspects to learn in a new language without these the learner is bound to fail. Many new learners will find it complicated to implement new words into their conversations as well as when they decide to write. They will also find it quite challenging to remember the new language's grammar rules, and being able to figure out if a sentence sounds appropriate. In my opinion these could be very challenging obstacles. Watching movies, reading, and listening to conversation of native speakers can benefit. Learning the language's grammar will help in writing skills just as giving the learner a depth understanding of the language. To my mind, speaking is the most difficult part of learning any new languages. You may be shy and not confident to speak, you may be afraid of being mocked, you may have no one

around to practice with and finally when you speak with someone you should be quick to give a response, which is stressful. But the only way that can be really helpful, is putting all these problems away and start to practically practice it. Implementing these points the pronunciation will only improve until you reach your full potential. Another key point that is important in managing to learn a new language is being able to have the ability of organizing your thoughts in a whole new language. As human language we express thoughts with words, for an example we usually receive thoughts in our heads that is in our mother language, so it becomes difficult when we need to transition. This aspect can be very detrimental to a learner. As soon as the person has the ability to maneuver through this they will be on the road to their final product. This can only improve by practicing the new language in conversations. There are many things that are to be learned when it comes to learning a whole new language, the aspects are endless. The experience could be a long difficult process but in the end the feeling is grandiose. Having the ability to communicate with other people of other languages is probably a wonderful feeling. Using what you learn towards a work field, education or just helping someone translate. Practicing the methods of vocabulary, grammar rules, organization of the thoughts and dual meanings the language barrier will slowly be minimized. I plan to learn a new language and I have given myself a blueprint to approach it in my near future.