The Learning Languages programme is for all language learners who are
studying for leisure or work, or for those who are considering learning
a language. It is comprised of a compilation of extracts from a range
of programmes about language learning and learners, illustrates some of
the issues involved and offers guidelines on how to learn a language
more effectively.
Product Description Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children elucidates how children learn foreign languages and when they can do so with the best results. The most recent studies in linguistics, neurology, education, and psychology are evaluated and the findings are presented in a "recipe" format. Parents and teachers are encouraged to "bake their own" and evaluate the multilingual children in their lives with the use of tools which include a family language profile and family language goals worksheet. Beginning with the Ingredients of Timing, (or the Windows of Opportunity,) and Aptitude, the book goes on to include the Baking Instructions of Motivation, Strategy, and Consistency. This is followed by Kitchen Design, or the role of the language learning environment. Plumbing and Electricity round out the ten key factors in raising multilingual children by discussing the possible role of Gender and Hand-Use, and our understanding of the multilingual brain at present.
The book is a grammar of English with an emphasis on the practical side.Practical efficiency of all the materials used were checked in class days and years of theoretical apparatus was designed so that sections to complete practice, while providing an intellectual challenge to learn the English language.
This is an OCRed version of the book by Romanian authors. Text is in English.
