Is learning a foreign language a question of learning new skills or a question of acquiring new knowledge?

学习外国语是学习一种新技能，还是获取新知识呢？

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Video is a good medium for learning a foreign language.

录像是一种学习外语的好方法。

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Have you run into any difficulty while learning a foreign language?

学外语的时候你遇到过什么困难吗？

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In four of the schools covered, more than half the pupils at ages 14 to 16 had stopped learning a foreign language.

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Its steep learning curve is not something to shy away from -- much like learning a foreign language, once immersed in the game play, players will pick up the necessary skills along the way.

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Having donated to a foreign-language learning program at my sons' school, for example, I felt motivated to write letters of protest when it became threatened by the school board.

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