Most people do not think that language classes are necessary. They would say that the best way to learn another
language is to go to the country where that language is spoken by its native inhabitants. This is not a helpful
suggestion. If a novice speaker goes to a new country where that language is spoken, he or she will only listen to many
incomprehensible new words. Beginners are much better off attending a thoughtfully planned and taught language
class. Good language classes will provide the beginner with easy lessons to start with during which the learner can
practice important sentences many times. These practices are concentrated on the repetition of speaking skills for
which the opportunities to use these words in the daily life of people in another country may be quite rare.
The goal of teachers in language classes is to bring the learners to the point where they can go to a foreign country
and manage to use their language in a way which allows the local people to understand them, without too much
difficulty. For the learners, however, the key objective of studying in language classes is to reach what is called a
“working-level” of language knowledge. This means the learners can cope with the bare essentials of communication,
read some authentic texts, and get some comprehensible input from the environment. They will not, however, be
perfect.
【題組】9 According to this passage, which of the following methods is the best for a beginning learner to learn a foreign
language?
(A) Going to the country where the target language is spoken
(B) Attending a well-designed language class for beginning learners
(C) Speaking with foreigners whenever possible
(D) Watching movies and singing songs in that language
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