Why is it so difficult for Chinese to learn English, especially spoken English?

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Because they cannot pronounce some English alphabet correctly
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Learning any language can be challenging, and Chinese speakers may face specific difficulties with English due to differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. The phonetic systems and sentence structures in Chinese and English are quite different, making spoken English challenging to master....
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Learning any language can be challenging, and Chinese speakers may face specific difficulties with English due to differences in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. The phonetic systems and sentence structures in Chinese and English are quite different, making spoken English challenging to master. However, with practice and exposure to native English speakers, Chinese learners can improve their spoken English skills. read less
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Because the cannot pronounce some English alphabets correctly
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Chinese and English differ in tones, phonetics, grammar, and cultural context, posing challenges in pronunciation, intonation, and fluency.
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Overall lack of exposure to english
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In Chinese languages there are no sounds which directly correspond to English sounda l and r. That is why it is hard for them to learn Spoken English .
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Because mother language is easy to learn
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The foundation of both languages have different pillars. One has Water and other has Sand, they doesn't be equal infintely. However, apart from mother languages anyone can learn foreign language using verbal signs.
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Because Chinese is very different from all other language and have no similarity among other language,in addition sometimes uts is more difficult to learn other language rather than mother tongue
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Probably the most obvious difference between English and Chinese is that they use different alphabets. English uses the Latin or Roman alphabet, consisting of 26 letters. Chinese uses a non-alphabetic script of pictograms. First of all, Chinese is a tone language. This means that the tone of a word...
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Probably the most obvious difference between English and Chinese is thatthey use different alphabets. English uses the Latin or Roman alphabet, consisting of 26 letters. Chinese uses a non-alphabetic script of pictograms. First of all,Chinese is a tone language. This means that the tone of a word will change its meaning. There are five tones in Mandarin Chinese, so the same symbol can have five different meanings depending on tone. English, on the other hand, uses tone when it comes to expressing emotion and attitude rather than meaning. read less
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