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Band 7+: What do you remember about learning languages at school? [Why/why not?]

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So when I was a child, I mostly spoke Russian because my family spoke Russian. When I started attending school, I began learning my mother tongue, which is Kazakh. It wasn't difficult for me because everyone around me was already speaking Kazakh. However, when I started learning English in school, it was a bit hard for me because there were so many grammar rules, and it was really scary for me to learn. So, learning English wasn't easy. Currently, I'm also learning Arabic, which is not easy to learn either.

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So when I was a child I mostly was speaking Russian because my family spoke Russian. And when I started attending school I started learning my mother tongue which is Kazakh. And it wasn’t difficult for me because all of the people around me were already speaking Kazakh. But when I started learning English in school it was a bit hard for me because there were so many grammar rules and it was a really scary thing for me to learn. So learning English wasn’t such an easy thing to do. And also currently I’m learning Arabic which is also not so easy to learn.

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when: 3

because: 3

spoke: 2

russian: 2

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school: 2

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kazakh: 2

wasn't: 2

english: 2

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Task Response

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