{"id":653,"date":"2013-03-28T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T19:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=653"},"modified":"2013-05-16T13:15:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:15:48","slug":"do-you-need-to-be-a-superhero-to-learn-a-foreign-language-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/do-you-need-to-be-a-superhero-to-learn-a-foreign-language-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need to Be a Superhero to Learn a Foreign Language? (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Superhero\" src=\"http:\/\/0.tqn.com\/h\/outsourcing\/1\/H\/8\/0\/-\/-\/SuperHeros.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>If you have ever been tempted to learn a second language then you might have wondered whether you were up to it. Unless you are a superhero maybe you thought that it was going to be too difficult for you. Well, here are some of the reasons why you don\u2019t need superpowers to become bilingual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Need to Be Smarter than Mere Earthlings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I used to think that you had to be as smart as a superhero from a more advanced civilization and own a giant brain to learn a second language. I now realise that this isn\u2019t the case. So why is it that some people seem to be better at doing this than others? I thought about this for a while, as it does genuinely seem to be the case that some students learn quicker and more effectively than other mere Earthlings. In the end, I came to the conclusion that it is simply down to the level of enthusiasm which each person puts into and the type of learning method they choose. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/italian\/london\/\">For great Italian lessons London is as good<\/a> as anywhere on Mars, Krypton or even the planet Zork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have ever been tempted to learn a second language then you might have wondered whether you were up to it. Unless you are a superhero maybe you thought that it was going to be too difficult for you. 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