The Melody Of English Just like a saxophone can make sounds that the piano can't, languages have different types of sounds and frequencies. It is easy to understand why the French find it so difficult to learn English and why the British find it so difficult to learn French! If you listen English carefully, you will be able to distinguish these high pitch tones, that are not found in French or other languages. Our ears, by constantly listening to ourselves and to those around us, are most attuned to the frequencies of our native tongue. For the foreign frequencies, we are, so to speak, deaf. Because you cannot reproduce a sound you cannot hear. However, by having our ears trained first, we can reduce significantly the time required to learn a new language. Once our ears have been trained, we will be able to hear the new language correctly. Therefore, we will be able to memorize the words quickly and pronounce them well.