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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ; Cambridge Handbooks for Language TeachersPublication details: United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 37007Edition: 2nd Revised editionDescription: 378 PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780521779395
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.24071
Contents:
ELT: teaching theory & methods
Summary: 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.
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General Books General Books Colombo 428.24071/LEA Checked out Language Analysis -LA (Teacher's Collection) 05/08/2025 CA00013561
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learner English is a practical reference book which compares the relevant features of students' 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.

ELT: teaching theory & methods

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.

ELT / TEFL

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 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

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