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| slucido Bilingual Diglot Senior Member Spain https://goo.gl/126Yv Joined 6609 days ago 1296 posts - 1781 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Spanish*, Catalan* Studies: English | Message 1 of 22 20 October 2010 at 10:10am | IP Logged | ||
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I think this ebook is useful for us.
Success with Foreign Languages: Seven who achieved it and what worked for them by Earl W. Stevick This book contains Earl Stevick's analysis of the strategies used by seven successful language learners and the implications for becoming a more successful language learner yourself. There are extensive excerpts from taped interviews with the seven learners, with Stevick's comments on the strategies and beliefs of the various learners. The book ends with Stevick's summary of what we can learn from the experiences of these learners. This book shows the diversity of approaches and beliefs that can be held by successful language learners and can provide suggestions for strategies that may work for you. http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/languagelearning/booksbackinp rint/successwithforeignlanguages/success.pdf 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7037 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 2 of 22 20 October 2010 at 11:30am | IP Logged | ||
Indeed it is/was/has been. Four years ago and not the first time... Edited by Andy E on 20 October 2010 at 11:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JPike1028 Triglot Senior Member United States piketransitions Joined 5331 days ago 297 posts - 337 votes Speaks: English*, French, Italian Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Swedish, Portuguese, Czech | Message 3 of 22 20 October 2010 at 2:11pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for this. I wasn't on this forum four years ago so it's nice to have these things rehashed every once in a while.
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| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7037 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 4 of 22 20 October 2010 at 4:22pm | IP Logged | ||
Luck doesn't come into it. It's called google. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JimC Senior Member United Kingdom tinyurl.com/aberdeen Joined 5481 days ago 199 posts - 317 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 22 20 October 2010 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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just found this by accident, no idea if it iis any good or not
Polyglot; How I learn languages by Kato Lomb Jim 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5364 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish | Message 6 of 22 20 October 2010 at 6:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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I really enjoyed Kato Lomb's book and heartily recommend it for self-study linguaphiles. The Stevick book is aimed at the academic market and is filled with lots study points for teachers and students. It has plenty of interesting material, but the thing that irritates me a bit is the lack of a) examples in the various foreign languages and b) any sense of how well the seven students speak the various languages mentioned. I'm a bit of a stickler for these issues because I am a tad skeptical when I see claims about foreign-language skills. I'm not doubting the veracity of the claims made in the book; it's just that I'd like to see more real examples.
On this last question, it makes me think of all those Youtube videos of polyglots speaking in various tongues to the camera. I would definitely prefer to see these same polyglots speaking with native speakers in front of the camera. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5279 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 7 of 22 20 October 2010 at 6:44pm | IP Logged | ||
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There isn't much mystery to learning a language, just pick up a textbook and work through it.
People can achieve more by simply sitting down and studying a language rather than wasting time reading about studying a language. Much less an ebook, which will fry your eyes. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| s_allard Triglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5364 days ago 2704 posts - 5425 votes Speaks: French*, English, Spanish Studies: Polish | Message 8 of 22 20 October 2010 at 7:40pm | IP Logged | ||
True, there isn't much mystery to learning anything, just grab a textbook and study it. Why bother with classes? Instead of having classes, schools could just hand out textbooks and tell students to come back in three months for a test. Why even bother having teachers? The only problem with this grand idea is that it doesn't work for everybody. The majority of people who pick up a textbook--and in my observation most self-study methods-- to learn a language give up quickly. For all sorts of reasons, of course. It could be sheer laziness. Maybe a textbook is not the best way for certain self-study students. This was certainly one of the main points of the Stevick book. I suggest people make a little effort to read the book (you can print it and read it) and look at the various learning strategies of these successful people. You can also see what works and then decide what is the best strategy for you. 5 persons have voted this message useful |
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