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Author: Claire Handscombe
Publisher:
Published: 2012-04-10
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9781475113792
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis time, you mean it. You're really going to learn a language.Yes, but how? Where do you even start?Drawing on the author's years of teaching experience, this practical book points you to helpful resources, and answers questions like:- Do I really have to bother with grammar?- Where can I find a good tutor?- And what's the point anyway?
Author: Jeff Blum
Publisher: Jeff Blum
Published: 2021-09-25
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearning a language can be a daunting process. Should you self-study? Take a course? Buy a software program? Hire a private tutor? What kinds of learning systems are available and which might be right for you? How about the myriad online resources available? And, very importantly, where should you begin? Oh, by the way, how long will all this effort take anyway? You will find the answers to these questions in this short but thorough guide to learning a foreign language. Author Jeff Blum has taught English and studied four languages (Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese and Thai), but he still struggles just as anyone must when learning a language. Jeff did extensive research on all aspects of language learning in an effort to improve his own efforts and he has carefully curated that research into this guide to help you with your efforts as well. In the book you will find: 1. A look at the systems and techniques advocated by various language learning experts and sites. 2. A consideration of personal factors in learning a language (motivation, personality, goals, etc.). 3. A discussion of the 8 language learning blocks with recommended resources for tackling each. 4. An overview of the most popular language learning products on the market (Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur, etc.). 5. A comprehensive set of resources to aid you with whatever approach to study you pursue. Whether you are young or old, beginner or advanced, studying your first foreign language or your fifth, there is something for you in this book. If you are a language teacher, this book might help you better understand what your students are up against while giving you ideas and extra resources to aid your teaching efforts.
Author: Claire Handscombe
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012-04-13
Total Pages: 66
ISBN-13: 1471665313
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSo, this time you're really going to do it. You're going to learn a language. But where do you even start? "Conquering Babel" offers hints, tips and recommendations from an experienced language tutor and answers questions such as: - how do I stay motivated? - do I really need to learn grammar? - where can I find a good language tutor? - why bother anyway?
Author: Michael Erard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-01-10
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1451628277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA “fascinating” (The Economist) dive into the world of linguistics that is “part travelogue, part science lesson, part intellectual investigation…an entertaining, informative survey of some of the most fascinating polyglots of our time” (The New York Times Book Review). In Babel No More, Michael Erard, “a monolingual with benefits,” sets out on a quest to meet language superlearners and make sense of their mental powers. On the way he uncovers the secrets of historical figures like the nineteenth-century Italian cardinal Joseph Mezzofanti, who was said to speak seventy-two languages, as well as those of living language-superlearners such as Alexander Arguelles, a modern-day polyglot who knows dozens of languages and shows Erard the tricks of the trade to give him a dark glimpse into the life of obsessive language acquisition. With his ambitious examination of what language is, where it lives in the brain, and the cultural implications of polyglots’ pursuits, Erard explores the upper limits of our ability to learn and use languages and illuminates the intellectual potential in everyone. How do some people escape the curse of Babel—and what might the gods have demanded of them in return?
Author: Lisa Tao
Publisher:
Published: 2014-06-09
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781478727187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Hour of Babel is an indispensable manual for anyone aspiring to learn languages quickly and efficiently, regardless of whether you are learning your second or even your twenty-fifth language! This book is a compilation of practical advice that will enable the reader to strategically and effectively analyze a language's structure and use that knowledge to promote language acquisition. Not only will the reader be able to break apart a language into its key grammatical components, but also be able to compare syntactical structures of various languages. Included in this book are grammar tables for five languages and alphabets of many more!
Author: Michael Thomas
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-04-21
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1351846825
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 From Task- to Project-Based Language Learning -- 3 Computer-Assisted Language Learning: From PLATO to Web 2.0 -- 4 Language Education in Japan and Research Approaches -- 5 The Podcast Project -- 6 The Virtual World Project -- 7 Implications and Future Directions -- References -- Index
Author: M. Pegrum
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-07-23
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1137309814
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the use of mobile devices for teaching and learning language and literacies, investigating the ways in which these technologies open up new educational possibilities. Pegrum builds up a rich picture of contemporary mobile learning and outlines of likely future developments.
Author: H. Douglas Brown
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780070082083
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe goal of this book "is to provide beginning foreign language students with a general guide to the language learning process"--P. ix.
Author: Gabriel Wyner
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 2014-08-05
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 038534810X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNATIONAL BESTSELLER • For anyone who wants to learn a foreign language, this is the method that will finally make the words stick. “A brilliant and thoroughly modern guide to learning new languages.”—Gary Marcus, cognitive psychologist and author of the New York Times bestseller Guitar Zero At thirty years old, Gabriel Wyner speaks six languages fluently. He didn’t learn them in school—who does? Rather, he learned them in the past few years, working on his own and practicing on the subway, using simple techniques and free online resources—and here he wants to show others what he’s discovered. Starting with pronunciation, you’ll learn how to rewire your ears and turn foreign sounds into familiar sounds. You’ll retrain your tongue to produce those sounds accurately, using tricks from opera singers and actors. Next, you’ll begin to tackle words, and connect sounds and spellings to imagery rather than translations, which will enable you to think in a foreign language. And with the help of sophisticated spaced-repetition techniques, you’ll be able to memorize hundreds of words a month in minutes every day. This is brain hacking at its most exciting, taking what we know about neuroscience and linguistics and using it to create the most efficient and enjoyable way to learn a foreign language in the spare minutes of your day.
Author: Tracy Novinger
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2013-05-01
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 0292757018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuccessfully communicating with people from another culture requires learning more than just their language. While fumbling a word or phrase may cause embarrassment, breaking the unspoken cultural rules that govern personal interactions can spell disaster for businesspeople, travelers, and indeed anyone who communicates across cultural boundaries. To help you avoid such damaging gaffes, Tracy Novinger has compiled this authoritative, practical guide for deciphering and following "the rules" that govern cultures, demonstrating how these rules apply to the communication issues that exist between the United States and Mexico. Novinger begins by explaining how a major proportion of communication within a culture occurs nonverbally through behavior and manners, shared attitudes, common expectations, and so on. Then, using real-life examples and anecdotes, she pinpoints the commonly occurring obstacles to communication that can arise when cultures differ in their communication techniques. She shows how these obstacles come into play in contacts between the U.S. and Mexico and demonstrates that mastering the unspoken rules of Mexican culture is a key to cementing business and social relationships. Novinger concludes with nine effective, reliable principles for successfully communicating across cultures.
