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How
To Learn A Language
A
Young Person's Guide
by Remo
Nannetti
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WHAT KIND OF BOOK IS THIS?
How To Learn A Language: A Young Person's Guide is a self-help guide
for young people learning any foreign modern language at any level
whatsoever. It describes
how to improve your level of performance in your modern foreign
language studies by giving help, advice, suggestions and useful tips on
every possible aspect of
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WHO CAN THE BOOK HELP?
Absolutely
everyone! How
To Learn A Language: A Young Person's Guide can be used by language learners of all ages who find
themselves in a classroom situation.
You may be studying at school, college or university, or
attending a night-class. You might be aiming to pass an examination or
just learning a language for the fun
of it. You may be a committed and able student who wants to
progress even further, or an average student who wishes to build on
strengths and eliminate
weaknesses. Whatever your situation, How To Learn A Language: A Young
Person's Guide will help you
take charge of your own learning and offer you practical
advice and suggestions on the best ways to learn, practise and
revise the modern foreign language (or languages) that you are studying.
The style of writing
is simple, friendly and accessible. Everything is expressed clearly,
with no jargon or technical expressions. The book is structured in such
a way
that it can be dipped into as well as being read from cover
to cover. The opening chapter takes the student through an optional
review of strengths and
weaknesses in his or her language learning and is
cross-referenced to the rest of the book, thus enabling instant access
to those parts of the text directly relevant to
individual needs. If you are the parent of a language learner,
then How
To Learn A Language: A Young Person's Guide makes the ideal gift. Modern languages
teachers will also find it a valuable resource either for
individual reference and/or whole-class use. Why not give it a try?
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WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT COVER?
How To Learn A Language: A Young
Person's Guide gives practical,
no-nonsense advice suitable for every language student, regardless of
ability. It describes every
possible area of language learning in just the right amount of
detail. The book is divided into four parts, each of which has four
chapters:
| Part
One: HELPING YOURSELF |
Part Three: GOING IT ALONE
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Chapter 1:
Explore Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 2: Manage Your Mind
Chapter 3: Improve Your
Learning Experience
Chapter
4: Organise Your Work
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Chapter
1: Using Your Textbook
Chapter 2: Using a
Dictionary
Chapter
3: Doing Homework
Chapter 4: Sitting
Examinations |
| Part Two:
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT |
Part Four: LIVING THE LANGUAGE
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Chapter 1:
Listening
Chapter 2: Speaking
Chapter 3: Reading
Chapter 4: Writing
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Chapter
1: Using Computers
Chapter 2: Sound and Vision
Chapter 3: People Power
Chapter
4: Getting Abroad
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HOW CAN I GET A COPY?
How To Learn A Language: A Young
Person's Guide is
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or tablets) and is ideal for teachers and lecturers who wish to edit,
print off and photocopy the text for use with classes. The file is
initially delivered as an e-mail attachment, but if you wish you can
also request a further copy on CD-ROM which is then mailed free of
charge to your postal address. Orders and payments can be made online
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WHO IS THE AUTHOR?
The
author, Dr. Remo Nannetti (M.A. (Hons.), Ph.D., A.L.C.M), is the former
Head of Modern Languages at Notre Dame High School, Glasgow (Scotland)
and has over thirty years' experience of teaching French and Italian.
He has been involved in the training of French and Italian teachers at
the University
of Glasgow and has collaborated extensively in the production of
curricular materials for Education Scotland.
Click on this link to
contact the author: enquiries@mindyourlanguage.org.uk
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