It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well.

　　學會說好一種語言需要花很長的時間。

　　The fashion at the time was for teaching mainly the written language.

　　那時教學時興的主要是書面語。

　　A good dictionary is indispensable for learning a foreign language.

　　一本好詞典是學習外語必備的。

　　I always found languages quite hard at school.

　　在學校讀書時我總覺得語言很難學。

　　Is English an official language in your country?

　　英語在你們國家是官方語言嗎？