Have you ever seen the advertisement: Learn a foreign language in six weeks, otherwise give your money back? Of course, it never happens quite like that. The only language easy to learn is the mother language. And think how much 1 is needed for that. Before the Second World War people usually learned a foreign language 2 the literature of the country. Now most people want to speak a foreign language. Every year millions of people start learning 3 . How do they do it? Some people try at home 4 books and tapes, others go to evening classes or watch TV programs. 5 they use the language only 2 or 3 times a week, learning it will 6 a long time, like language learning at school. A few people try to learn a language fast by studying for 6 or more hours a day. It's much easier to learn the language in the country where it is 7 . But most people are able to do this, and many people don't have to do so. Machines and good books will be very 8 , but they can not do the students' work 9 the language is learned quickly or 10 , it is hard work.