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A Language Teacher's Personal Opinion
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Every day I see advertisements in th
newspapers and on the buses claiming that it is easy
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to learn English. According to these advertisements
with very little effort on the students part, he will be
able to speak the language fluently in three months
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or even ten days. There is offen a reference to William
Shakespeare or Charles Dickens to encourage him
even more. 'When I see advertisements like this. I
don't know whether to laugh or cry. If it were as easy
to learn English as they say, I would have to look for
another job, because very few qualified teachers would
be needed. But a large number of people must believe
these ridiculous claims, or else the advertisements
would not appear.
It is natural for students to be attracted to
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