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Learning a language
is like doing a jigsaw puzzle
of a million pieces
with a picture that keeps changing.
It's like getting lost in a foreign city
without a map.
It's like playing tennis without a ball,
like being an ant in a field of grasshoppers.
It's being an acrobat with a broken leg,
an actor without a script,
a carpenter without a saw,
a storyteller without a middle or an end.
But then gradually
it¹s like being out in the early morning
with the mists lifting.
It¹s like a chink of light under a door,
like finding the glove you were looking for,
catching the train you thought you were going to miss,
getting an unlooked-for present,
exchanging a smile.
And then one day it's like riding a bicycle
very fast downhill.
Olivia McMahon
The writer of the poem Learning a Language thinks that learning a language is like...
"getting lost in a foreign city without a map"
"playing tennis without a ball"
and finally like...
"riding a bicycle very fast downhill"
What do you think learning a language is like? Send us your poem.
Maria Jose from Mexico and Elise from Switzerland think learning a language is...
like a holiday witout relaxation
like being a prisoner in a jail
like Christmas without snow
like a summer without sun
Reiko Hosomi from Japan thinks:
Learning a language is fantastic.
It's like swimming, probably I'm just floating at the moment
Hopefully, I can swim expertly some day.
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