Research has found that many errors by Czech speakers learning English were made on syntactic constructions in which the two languages do not differ. Oh, really? The picture is more complicated than we've imagined. Definitely yes. Each language learning situation is different. So reasons vary a lot from case to case. Now, Dr. Harley. Since learning a second language is a difficult process, you know, in one way or another. Are there any methods, so far, effective methods to teach a second language? There again. No method is absolutely effective in all situations. Some may prove effective, others may not. I mean, all depending on specific conditions. But generally speaking, there are a number of methods that have been used to teach a second language.