{"id":568,"date":"2013-02-01T21:55:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T21:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=568"},"modified":"2013-08-19T11:55:51","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T11:55:51","slug":"why-learning-a-language-is-like-riding-a-bike-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/why-learning-a-language-is-like-riding-a-bike-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Learning a Language Is Like Riding a Bike (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are thinking of learning a second language but aren\u2019t sure whether it is going to be too difficult for you then you might want to compare it to something you have done in the past; like learning to ride a bike maybe. It turns out that these two tasks have more in common than you might think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It Looks Impossible At First<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I remember when my Dad first took me down to the local football pitch with my new bike. Actually, it was my sister\u2019s old bike which she had inherited from a cousin but I didn\u2019t mind the pink colour or the girly design. I was too worried about trying to ride the blooming thing to think about things like that. I then felt the same sort of irrational fear the first time I picked up a Spanish text book. If they are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/spanish\/london\/\">going to learn Spanish London<\/a> students would do well to remember how they have managed to learn other difficult things like this in their lives. It really isn\u2019t as difficult as it looks and after a while you will wonder why you even thought that it was.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wiggle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/learning-to-ride-a-bike.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are thinking of learning a second language but aren\u2019t sure whether it is going to be too difficult for you then you might want to compare it to something you have done in the past; like learning to ride a bike maybe. 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