Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problems

di Michael Swan (Autore)

Bernard Smith (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 1987

As a teacher of English as a foreign or second language, have you ever wished you knew more about your students' mother-tongues? Learner English is a practical reference book which compares the relevant features of the students' own languages with English, helping teachers to predict and understand the problems their students have. The nineteen chapters, each of which covers one language background, are written by specialists with experience in teaching students from the areas concerned. The chapters 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, Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, Indian languages, West African languages, Swahili, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Thai. The book is accompanied by a cassette with authentic examples of the various accents described in the book.

• Autore: Michael Swan, Bernard Smith
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers
• Anno: 1987
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Pagine: 288 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 154 mm
• Peso: 460 gr.
• EAN: 9780521269100

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