| Polyglot Notes: Practical Tips for Learning Foreign Language Contributor(s): Ivantsiv, Yuriy (Author) |
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ISBN: 171695035X ISBN-13: 9781716950353 Publisher: Lulu.com OUR PRICE: $23.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Foreign Language Study - General |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.88 lbs) 298 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The practical manual clearly describes how to build your learning, how to develop your memory, why you forget how to develop your language skills to automatism, how to create a language environment for yourself, what a cultural shock is, and how to overcome it. As well as many other topical issues that people face when learning a language. Each person throughout his or her life has to deal with different cultures and languages one way or another. Knowledge of language greatly facilitates the interaction of a person with another type of culture, improves social status, provides career growth, provides great opportunities for self-expression and dissemination of ideas, opens up prospects for modern education, improves financial situation, contributes to the achievement of your goals and objectives. However, in the process of learning many people necessarily face difficulties, which they lack experience and necessary knowledge to overcome. This practical manual will become a desktop assistant for a large audience: for those who want to or are already learning a foreign language, do it alone or with a teacher, individually, in a group or educational institution (school, college, university, academy). The workshop will help to structure and organize your individual language learning process and will give you the opportunity to independently determine the methodology of learning a language that will be interesting and not burdensome. The methods presented in the book can be immediately applied in language practice. Each person can choose the method that is interesting and most adapted to him or her, as well as suitable to his or her pace and lifestyle, so that language learning becomes a natural and exciting process. The book addresses such issues as: What is Language? / Why Cannot You Learn a Foreign Language? / How Much Time You Will Spend to Learn a Language? / The Duration of Lessons / Minimum Vocabulary of a Foreign Language / Which Textbook to Choose to Learn a Language? / How to Choose a Teacher? / How to Prepare for the Language Exam? / A Foreign Language for Children / Distance Learning / How to Coach and to Develop Memory / Training / Grammar Study / Phonetics Study / Vocabulary Study / Developing Listening Skills / Developing Speaking Skills / Developing Reading Skills / Developing Writing Skills / Linguistic Environment / Immersion in the Linguistic Environment / Language Interference / Regional Geography / Culture Shock |