Learning a Language

Reading a poem
Lees het gedicht.

Learning a language
is like doing a jigsaw puzzle
of a million pieces
with a picture that keeps changing.
It's like getting lost in a foreign city
without a map.
It's like playing tennis without a ball,
like being an ant in a field of grasshoppers.
It's being an acrobat with a broken leg,
an actor without a script,
a carpenter without a saw,
a storyteller without a middle or an end.

But then gradually
it's like being out in the early morning
with the mists lifting.
It's like a chink of light under a door,
like finding the glove you were looking for,
catching the train you thought you were going to miss,
getting an unlooked-for present,
exchanging a smile.

And then one day it's like riding a bicycle
very fast downhill.

Bron: Olivia McMahon
(British Council Webpage)
 

Schrijf in je eigen woorden op waar het gedicht over gaat.
Gebruik niet meer dan vijf zinnen.

In het gedicht komen meerdere vergelijkingen voor.
Een voorbeelden van vergelijkingen in het Nederlands is:
"Het leren van een taal is als het oplossen van een puzzel."