Learning Foreign Languages

What is your mother tongue?

How many languages do you speak?

How did you learn your second language?

What's the best way to learn a foreign language?

What methods do you use to remember vocabulary better?

Is it necessary to write words down?

What is value of learning languages?

Why do some people have more difficulty than others when learning a language?

To what extent do you agree that it's better to learn language as a child? Why or why not?

To speak its language well, how important is it to know something about the culture of a country?

Are there some words in your mother tongue that are similar in different languages?

As a beginner, what are the first things that you need to be able to say?

When you travel to a foreign country, is it always easy to use your foreign language?

How can the Internet be a helpful tool when learning a foreign language?

Have you ever tried learning a new language from a textbook with audio tapes?

Can you learn a language by watching television? How?

Have you ever paid for 1:1 lessons? When was that?

Is the classroom the best place to learn? Why or why not?

Can a good teacher influence how well you enjoy learning a language?

Is it possible to teach yourself a language?

What careers are possible if you speak a foreign language?

What languages would you like to learn in future?

What different techniques do you have for learning vocabulary?

Do you need to use your foreign languages at work? Why?

Do you think that knowing a foreign language might encourage you to live abroad in future?

Is it a good idea to learn a language from a non-native speaker of that language? Are there any disadvantages?

Could you teach your mother tongue to someone else? Why or why not?

What personal qualities do you need to be an effective language learner?

What tools can help you learn a foreign language?

Have you ever made a telephone call in a foreign language? If yes, how did it go?

Is it possible to learn a language without studying grammar? How?

Is knowing grammar more important than knowing vocabulary?

Have teaching methods for language learning changed over the last 50 years?

Have you had any particularly poor language learning experiences?

How old should a child be when a school introduces the first foreign language?

Some people say "I'm no good at learning languages". Is this just a question of attitude (because of a previous bad experience) or were some people born lacking the ability to learn a new language?

Would you like to be a translator? Why? / Why not?

How did your best language teacher help you?

Have you had any particularly poor language learning experiences?