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Unit1LifeisalearningcurveListeningtotheworldSharingScriptsH=Hina;W1=Woman1,etc.;M1=Man1,etc.

Part1
H:Ihaveafull-timejobbutIlikelearningnewthingsinmysparetime.Atthemoment,I’mstudyingSpanish.I’menjoyingitbutI’mfindingitquitedifficult.Todaywe’reaskingpeopleaboutlearningnewthings.
Part2W1: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,(andevaluation.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.

Part3H:What’sthemostdifficultthingyou’veeverlearned?M5:Patience,Ithink.W4:Arabic.M2:Courage.W3:Learningalanguageisparticularlydifficultformyself(me,soprobablylearningtheSpanish.W6:ThemostdifficultthingIhaveeverlearnedisMandarinChinese.IdiditineveningclassesafewyearsagoandIfounditreally,reallydifficult.
W5:Probablycapoeira,whichisaBraziliandance,martialart,fightthing.It’sacombinationofallofthesethings.Andyes,thatwasverydifficultbecausetherewerelotsofunusualbody
movementstolearn.
W1:Learningtodrivewasthemostdifficultthing.
M3:Well,IlearnedsomeSanskrit,andthat’sgotum,ninecases,twomorethanLatin.It’squitedifficultbymoststandards.
M4:IthinkIfoundFrenchveryhardatschool.
W2:Um,Ilearnedtoplaythetrumpetatschool.Thatwasprettydifficult.Er...andmaybelearningtodrive.Ihatedlearningtodrive.

ListeningScriptsP=presenter;S=Sally

P:Hi.You’relisteningtoAsktheExpertandintoday’sprogramwe’retalkingaboutlanguagesandhowtolearnalanguage.OurexperttodayisSallyParker,whoisateacher.HiSally.
S:Hello.P:Sally,ourfirstquestiontodayisfromAndy.Hesays,“I’vejuststartedlearningEnglish.MyproblemisthatI’mtoofrightenedtospeak.Mygrammarisnotverygood,soI’mworriedaboutsayingthewrongthing.”HaveyougotanyadviceforAndy?
S:OK.Well,thefirstthingisIthinkAndyshouldpracticespeakingtohimself.P:Speakingtohimself?I’mnotsurethat’sagoodidea.
S:Iknowitsoundssilly,buttalkingtoyourselfinaforeignlanguageisareallygoodwaytopractice.Youdon’thavetofeelembarrassed,becausenobodycanhearyou.Youcantalktoyourselfaboutanythingyoulike–whatyouhadforbreakfast,whereyou’regoingfortheweekend–anything.Andthemoreyoudoit,themoreyouwillgetusedtohearingyourownvoiceandyourpronunciation,soyouwon’tfeelsofrightenedintheclassroom.Andyshouldtryit.
P:Hm,Isupposeso.Anythingelse?Whatabouthisgrammar?S:HehasonlyjuststartedlearningEnglish,soheisgoingtomakelotsofmistakes,butthat’snotaproblem.That’showhe’lllearn.Andyshouldn’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.
P:You’reright.SoAndy,trytalkingtoyourself,anddon’tworryaboutmakingmistakes.OurnextproblemcomesfromOliviainBrazil.Sheisworriedaboutpronunciation.Shesays,“TheproblemisIcan’tunderstandnativespeakers.TheyspeaksofastandIcan’tunderstandtheirpronunciation.”SoSally,anyideasforOlivia?
S:Well,firstofallit’sagoodideaforhertopracticeherlisteningskills.SheshouldlistentoEnglishasmuchaspossibletogetusedtohowitsounds.Listentothenews,listentopodcasts,(andwatchEnglishtelevision.P:OK–that’sagoodidea.
S:Andanotherthingsheshoulddoistofocusonlisteningandreadingatthesametime.IfyoulistentosomethingontheInternet,youcanoftenreadthetranscript.Ifyoulistenandreadatthesametime,it’llhelpyouseewhatthewordssoundlikeandhowthewordssoundwhenanativespeakeristalking.
P:Great.Thankyou,Sally.Well,huh,I’mafraidthat’sallwehavetimefortoday,butnextweekwe’llbe…

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