Synopses & Reviews
Learner English is a well-established and successful reference book for teachers of British English. This new edition builds on the success of the original book. It has been rewritten and extended to provide information on the typical problems and error-patterns of a wide range of learners of English from particular language backgrounds. It compares the relevant features of the students' own language with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems that students have. The new book has twenty-two chapters dealing with learners who speak Dutch-Flemish, Scandinavian languages (except Finnish), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Polish, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, South Asian languages (with a separate chapter on Dravidian languages), West African languages, Swahili, Malay/Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai. An audio cassette and audio CD are available separately. These contain authentic examples of the various accents described in the book .
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Learner English is a practical reference book which compares the relevant features of students (TM) own languages with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. It includes 22 chapters, each of which covers one language background. Chapters are written by specialists with experience in teaching students from the areas concerned. They describe and explain the most important typical pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and other mistakes of learners who speak Dutch-Flemish, Scandinavian languages (except Finnish), German, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Greek, Russian, Polish, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, South Asian languages (with a separate chapter on Dravidian languages), West African languages, Swahili, Malay/Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Thai.
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This new edition deals with the mistakes of learners from twenty-two language backgrounds.
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This new edition has twenty-two chapters dealing with the typical mistakes of learners who speak a range of languages. New language chapters include Polish, Malay/Indonesian and Korean. An audio cassette and audio CD are available separately. These contain authentic examples of the various accents described in the book .
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A practical reference guide to help teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have.
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This updated edition is a practical reference guide which compares the relevant features of a student's own language with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. Learner English has chapters focusing on major problems of pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary and other errors as well as new chapters covering Korean, Malay/Indonesian and Polish language backgrounds.
Table of Contents
Dutch speakers; Speakers of Scandinavian languages; German speakers; French speakers; Italian speakers; Spanish/Catalan speakers; Portuguese speakers; Greek speakers; Russian speakers; Polish speakers; Farsi speakers; Arabic speakers; Turkish speakers; Speakers of Indian languages; Speakers of Dravidian languages; Speakers of West African languages; Swahili speakers; Malay/Indonesian speakers; Japanese speakers; Chinese speakers; Korean speakers; Thai speakers.