https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1 Summarise your responses to Questions 2 and 3 and share them here. en-us 2017-07-25 05:05:58 UTC 2025-10-23 03:31:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179459943 Achievement- Understanding(listening) is easy for a second language learner.
Difficulty- speaking is harder since the pronunciations and grammar would be different from their native language ]]> 2017-07-26 02:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179459943 jeremy_ng1002 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460012 LANGUAGES LEARNT
- Korean 
- Japanese
- Mandarin
- French
ACHIEVEMENTS 
- Speaking fluently with the native without having any help 
DIFFICULTIES
- Grammar and pronunciation
REASON 
- Because theres no equivalent between the first and second languages 
 ]]> 2017-07-26 02:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460012 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460098 Achievements:
-vocabulary, speaking in foreign country, having full conversations,     
Difficulties:
- Grammar, speaking with native speakers, ordering, pressure of being incorrect
Reasons
- How grammar was taught in native language made it harder to learn grammar in another language

]]> 2017-07-26 02:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460098 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460131 Able to maintain a conversation with native speaker/s
Listening and understanding 
Reasons: 
Practice (speaking and listening) and immersion 
Difficulties:
Unfamiliar to you
Rules may differ to your native language (Grammar, vocabulary)
Reasons:
Lack of confidence in abilities
Intimidating speaking to native speakers
What you learn in the classroom may differ from everyday speech (ie. slang)]]> 2017-07-26 02:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460131 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460290 1.be able to communicate with native speakers
2.recieving positive results
3.get 6.5 in IELTS test with preparing with it

Difficulties:
1.cultural differences
2. confidence in speaking
3.environmental effects
4.remember those vocabulary ]]> 2017-07-26 02:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460290 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460315 Achievements:
- Successful Communication with natives.
- Achieving good grades 
- Being able to give a presentation in the second language in a different country 
- Being able to understand TV shows of the second language without subtitles 
- Surviving the country of the second language without needing a huge amount of help. 

Reasons:
Extensive study, and the amount of years studying the language.
Comfortable with the second language.

Difficulties:
- Pronunciation
- Extensive vocabulary 
- Grammatical errors and sentence structure
- Getting used to the culture that comes along with the language. Formal language and structure.

Reasons: 
Difference in culture
Difference in grammatical structure and alphabet

]]> 2017-07-26 02:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460315 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460357 Achievements:
- Being able to effectively communicate with natives 
Difficulties:
- Understanding the spoken word
- Learning a new alphabet and different characters

Languages: Mandarin, French, Russian ]]> 2017-07-26 02:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460357 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460419 Achievements:
-Communicating and being able to get new experiences (ie. travelling)
-opening doors to communication 
-learning quickly in an immersive environment; when you have no choice but to learn the language

Difficulties:
-not understanding people
-classroom learning: people at different stages being here to cater to everyone 
-struggling to speak, but writing/reading skills are fine. Being scared to fail so not trying hinders learning.]]> 2017-07-26 02:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460419 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460444 Achievement:
- Being able to speak the language properly when you understand a new concept.
Difficulty:
- Having the confidence to speak (especially during class); being scared to make a mistake.
Reason:
- Second language is completely different grammatically to native language.]]> 2017-07-26 02:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460444 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460494 Understanding and being understood 

]]> 2017-07-26 02:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460494 894995849 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460513 be able to communicate with others
understanding the concept 
get to know different cultural patterns ]]> 2017-07-26 02:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460513 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460567 Achiev]]> 2017-07-26 02:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460567 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460569 Achievements:
-being able to converse with native speakers
Difficulties:
-vocabulary 
-writing Chinese ]]> 2017-07-26 02:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460569 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460599 Being able to communicate with native speakers.
High grade.
Using it while traveling
Difficulty
Reading
Abbrevations and slangs.]]> 2017-07-26 02:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460599 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460645 When grammar is drastically different to native language 
Finding authentic opportunities to use second language]]> 2017-07-26 02:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179460645 c_vasquez1 https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179539751 2017-07-27 01:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/SLAT2001_Week1/wish/179539751