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Learn the following Samoan phrases and indicate the difficulty of fulfilling the task to translate more phrases from English into Samoan
| Samoan | English |
| 1. Ek kum chuchu 2. Ek namas chuchu 3. Nek kum niva chuchu 4. Nek namas niva chuchu 5. Ek chuchu | 1. The train is coming 2. The train is very big 3. The train isn’t coming 4. The train is quite small 5. It’s a train |
| How would you say “It’s not a train?” | |
| A/ nek chuchu niva B/ ek niva chuchu C/ nek niva chuchu D/ don’t know |
(After West, R. 1996. Assessment in Language Learning. Unit 0. University of Manchester. P. 24)
There are the two types of foreign language learners, which can achieve an equally high level of proficiency: analytic and memory-oriented. These faculties of the human mind can be present in the learning process in different combinations and to a different degree. Some learners have a high aptitude for analysis, while others do better with memory. Combination of these qualities produce “analytic”, “memorizing”, “balanced” and “problem” learners (after P.Scehan. A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning. OUP. 1998. P.251). Interaction of analysis and memory in learning is shown in the graph
