Задание №51188 ЕГЭ Английскому языку

Прочитайте текст и заполните пропуски A–F частями предложений, обозначенными цифрами 1–7. Одна из частей в списке 1–7 — лишняя. Занесите цифры, обозначающие соответствующие части предложений, в таблицу.

Am I too old to learn Englsh?

 There's a common belief A_______________ say: the younger you are, the better you learn a language. Unfortunately, it's a belief that does a lot of damage. It stops adults learning new languages and encourages them to give up if they find it hard. 

The younger-is-better idea was first made popular in 1967 by Eric Lenneberg, a brain and language expert. He believed that once people pass a certain age – about 13 years old – it becomes impossible B_______________  native level in a new language. Since then, there has been a lot of discussion about whether this is actually true. 

A study by Catherine Snow and Marian Hoefnagel-Höhle compared different age groups learning Dutch. The adults and the 12- to 15-year-olds were found C________________  in the first few months – completely the opposite of what the critical period theory would suggest! At the end of the year, the 12- to 15 year-olds had learned more Dutch than the other age groups, but the adults were only slightly behind. The 3- to 5-year-olds consistently did the worst on all the tests – poor things! – even though the tests were supposed D_______________ .

Several studies have found E_______________  do better than younger beginners after the same number of language lessons. Also, researchers generally agree that adults and older teenagers learn sentence structure and word formation in a new language faster than children. This is because adults and older teenagers have the thinking skills F________________  – with the help of explanations from a teacher or book, or by understanding the grammar rules, for example.

Hopefully, knowing the real story will help you reach your full potential with English. You can definitely do it! So keep going and enjoy the process.

1.  that the beginners who are older
2.  to have made the fastest progress
3.  to write and speak really
4.  for them to reach full
5.  to be good for small children
6.  to learn a language explicitly
7.  that we hear everybody