Talk About a Time when You Had to Learn a New Language

Talk about a time when you had to learn a new language

  • Where were you?
  • Who were you with?
  • What did you talk about?
  • And explain how you felt about it?

Sample Answer of Talk About a Time when You Had to Learn a New Language

Learning a new language is not a Herculean task. With interest and continuous practice, anyone can learn a new language. this way, I also learned a few lines of foreign language. Here I would like to talk share my experience of speaking a foreign language for the first time. The language is Spanish.

I first got to know about this language when I heard the song senorita from the Bollywood movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The majority of the lyrics were In the Hindi language, but the song starts with the Spanish language, which sounded interesting to me. I googled the lyrics and learned a few words. When I visited Mumbai with my family, a few foreigners were speaking the Spanish language. When I heard it, I immediately recognized the language. I really wanted to have a conversation with them in Spanish.

I initiated the conversation and introduced myself to them in Spanish. Luckily, there were amiable and replied to me with a smiling faces. I was really excited as well as happy at that time; after a few minutes, they started using high vocabulary. Then I could not answer them. I conveyed my message in English and shared that I knew only a few words and felt happy to converse with them. They praise me for my efforts. That was the time when I talked in a foreign language for the first time.

Follow ups of Talk About a Time when You Had to Learn a New Language

Question 1:- At what age should children start learning a foreign language?

Answer:- Humans can learn a new language at any stage, but the childhood stage is good to learn new things, especially for languages, because the child is the age where children easily capture things very quickly, and they do not hesitate while speaking. So, primary school is the best place to learn a foreign language.

Question 2:- Which skill is more important speaking or writing?

Answer:- Both are equally important. These are the best way to express our feelings and ideas. a few decades ago, people mostly used speaking skills, but with the invention of the internet, many other features are available now that require writing skills for writing messages, email.

Question 3:- Does a person still need to learn another language if he is good at English?

Answer:- learning new skills not only help to enhance new vocabulary but also help to develop a mind of children. It also helps them to communicate with others very easily when they become adults, and this is only possible when they learn new languages at an early age.

Question 4:- Do you think minority languages will disappear?

Answer:- Yes, minority languages will disappear. The reason is competition. as we know, English is used in most of the countries which increase competition in job sectors. Every company selects those candidates who have command of more than one language. For that, people try to learn English instead of their national languages. Moreover, nowadays, students want to pursue their studies in a foreign country, and they start learning that country’s language and ignore their own language.

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