1. Pada bacaan di bawah ini terdapat sejumlah kata yang berwarna merah. Kata ini adalah kata yang bentuknya salah. Perbaikilah kata tersebut menjadi bentuk kata yang benar. (skor maksimal = 30 People often ask which language is the most difficult to learn, and it is not easy to answer however¹ there are many factor² to take into consider³. Firstly, in a first language, the different are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue natural5, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learn a second language. A native speaker of Spain?, for example, will find Portuguese much easiest to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, for example, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while China is very different. So, the first language can affect learning a second language. The greatest¹0 the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people learning¹¹. Many people answer that Chinese is the harder ¹2 language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system, and the pronounce ¹3 of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learner ¹4. However, for Japan¹5 speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
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People often ask which language is the most difficult to learn, and it is not easy to answer. However, there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first language, the differences are unimportant as people learn their mother tongue naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when learning a second language. A native speaker of Spanish, for example, will find Portuguese much easier to learn than a native speaker of Chinese, for example, because Portuguese is very similar to Spanish, while Chinese is very different. So, the first language can affect learning a second language. The greater the differences between the second language and our first, the harder it will be for most people learning. Many people answer that Chinese is the harder language to learn, possibly influenced by the thought of learning the Chinese writing system, and the pronunciation of Chinese does appear to be very difficult for many foreign learners. However, for Japanese speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.