Practice is an integral part of language learning.

练是语言学必不可少的一部分。

And these findings might provide a window into our own language learning, too.

这些研究成果也可能为我们人类的语言学提供一个窗。

They become much more flexible with language.

变得在语言学上更灵活。

In the same way that learning a language or new skills takes time, building financial skills requires practice and years to gradually accumulate bits and pieces of knowledge.

就像学语言或新技能需要时间一样，培养金融技能也需要练，需要多年来逐渐积累零碎的知识。

That way, the researchers can see if the self-identified verbal learners really learned better when the information was just spoken aloud, for example.

这样，研究人员就可以判断，自我定义为语言学的人在信息的获取途径是通过大声说话这种方式时会不会学得更好。

Put another way, learning a language with an app is a bit like getting fit with one. The device can guide you, but you still have to work.

换句话说，用一款应用学一门语言有点像是适应一门语言。这个应用可以指导你，但你仍然要努力。

Do not be afraid of a language or afraid of making errors.

不要学语言或犯错误。

So I think that is really the challenge for people who live in a country where their target language isn't spoken. And for that, gosh, what would I do? If I didn't have people here, probably try to find a club?

所以我认为对于生活在不讲其目标语国家的语言学来说，这是真正的挑战。针对这种情况，天哪，我会怎么做呢？如果我身边没有人帮我练，或许我会去找俱乐部？

It's relevant to learn other things about the language.

这和学这语言中的新事物很有关系。

Now, to learn a new language you should go " slowly but surely" .

为了学一门语言，你应该“慢而稳”。

Tom says he's always had a knack for accents and impersonating people. When he was a kid, he would record his own radio show playing multiple characters.Each with a different voice and accent.

抖森说他一直都有学语言和模仿别人的小窍门。 当他还小的时候就会录自己的广播秀，一人扮演很多个角色。每一个角色都有不同的声音和音。

It would be a great place for a hyperpolyglot to practice.

这将是一个多语言学的好地方。

Listening, speaking, reading and writing constitute the fundamental skills in language learning.

听、说、读、写构成语言学的基本技能。

And so it's easy to learn a language by playing it for the students because they'll be able to absorb the information.

而且对于学生来说通过玩来学语言更容易，因为它们能够吸收信息。

According to this theory, children learn languages more easily because the plasticity of their developing brains lets them use both hemispheres in language acquisition, while in most adults, language is lateralized to one hemisphere, usually the left.

根据关键期假说理论，小孩学语言比较容易，因为他们发展中的大脑较有弹性，让他们同时运用左右脑学语言，大部分的成人的语言学是侧重于左脑。

For example, making mistakes is part and parcel of learning a language.

例如，犯错误是学语言的一部分。

But it doesn't provide the essential feature in language learning, I think, and that is the practice of speaking to another human being or human beings.

但它不可能提供语言学的本质特征，我认为那是人类语言的说话训练。

It supports learning the rest of the language.

语法是学语言其余部分的基础。

So apart from CD-ROMs, if you're talking about the Internet, there's lots of e-learning programmes which will actually guide students through a whole process of learning the language.

除了CD-ROM之外，如果要说网络方面的话，网上有很多电子学程序，它们能真正指导学生完成学语言的整个过程。

In the 1970s and 80s, Krashen put forward a group of hypotheses about language learning.

上世纪七八十年代，克拉申提出了一组关于语言学的假设。