As a speaker of 10 languages I know the benefits of speaking more than one language. Actually, it is not a big challenge to learn languages. We only have to change the way we learn them.
Language learning is hard.
It is only difficult to learn a language if you don't want to. What you mostly need to do is spend some time listening and reading. Believe me, it is that simple. I have done it many times. Soon you feel the satisfaction of understanding another language. Before you know it you start speaking.
No, you don't. Anyone who wants to, can learn. In Sweden and Holland most people speak more than one language. They can't just all be gifted at languages. Foreign athletes in North America usually learn to speak English faster than people in more formal learning environments. In language learning it is attitude that determines success.
You have to live where the language is spoken.
Some immigrants (移民) to North America never learn to speak more than broken English. Yet we meet people in other countries who speak perfect（地道的） English. In 1968, I learned to speak Mandarin（普通话） fluently while living in Hong Kong, where few people spoke it. You can download it to your iPod and listen. Where you live is not a problem.
I would love to learn but I don't have the time.
How about the time you spend waiting in line, doing things around the house, going for a walk? Once you get started, even 10 or 15 minutes a day will soon grow to 30 minutes a day, or one hour. If you believe you will achieve great results, and if you enjoy doing it, as I do, you will find the time.
I believe if you can avoid these traps, we will surely become masters of language learning.
A. You have to have a gift for learning languages.
B. The following are some tips for you to follow.
C. Learning a language takes time, but is not difficult
D. Languages can only be learned instead of being taught.
E. Why not use that time to listen to a language on your iPod?
F. We need to avoid some common misunderstandings
G. With the Internet, language content is available to anyone with a computer.
