Compare the advantages and disadvantages of three of the following ways of learning a foreign language. State which you consider to be the most effective. - studying on your own - taking lessons with a private tutor - taking lessons as part of a class - taking lessons online - going to live in a country where the language is spoken

Nowaday's a lot of ways you can learn a foreign
language
. I consider to be the most efficient is taking lessons in a classroom setting and living in the place or
country
where they spoke the
language
,
however
, learning on your own is fine but it will not give you proper learning like correct pronunciation and proper usage of the words.
To begin
with, learning a new thing in your life is not easy especially when you learn it when you already an adult.
For instance
, I came from a small
country
and trying to live in Denmark, for me to communicate well with other people I need to learn their
language
which I supposed the most difficult
language
in the world. I find it easy when I attend classes with other students that I could talk with the dialect and correct me if I'm wrong.
Also
, it much easier if you will live in the
country
itself, you will hear it regularly in casual conversation and later on you will know the word and what it means.
Therefore
, these two ways are effective if you want to learn a foreign
language
.
On the other hand
, personal effort is best to learn another thing, but in term of learning the
language
is not really effective.
For example
, a student who relies on books and reading articles can learn words, but the disadvantage of these is when he will talk to a real speaker, his pronunciation and proper usage of the words and putting it in a sentence is the most challenging part of learning. It is difficult to really understand and use the
language
because no one will correct you if you get wrong, so it is not efficient to use it
this
way. In conclusion, it is better to be in a classroom and interact with other students while learning other
language
and most importantly it is effective if you live in that
country
because you are surrounded by native speakers.
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  • Body paragraph 2 – disadvantages
  • Conclusion

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