| Mario Pei, 1966, Harper & Row, New York, hard cover, ISBN
06-013323-6, 299 pages, 144 mm X 215 mm X 30 mm |
| Introduction | vii |
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| PART
I-HOW TO LEARN LANGUAGES | |
| 1.
Can Anybody Learn A Foreign Language? | 3 |
2.
What Is Your Purpose? Your Available Time? Your Convenience? | 13 |
3.
How Many Different Ways Of Learning A Language Are There? | 21 |
| 4.
The Old Or The New Method? | 31 |
| 5.
How Did You Learn Languages? | 40 |
| 6.
Is There Aa Ideal Grammar Book? | 52 |
7.
Spercial Learning Aids: Phrase Books AndDictionaries | 62 |
| 8.
What Should Our Schools Do About Language? | 68 |
| 9.
How Good Are Our Recorfings? | 76 |
10.
Can You Learn A Language By Living In The Country That Speaks It? | 85 |
| 11.
Can You Learn A Language All By Yourself? | 91 |
| 12.
Some Specific Learning Hints | 97 |
| 13.
How Do You Learn To Speak And Understand? | 103 |
| 14.
How Do You Learn To Read AndWrite? | 111 |
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| Part
II-WHAT LANGUAGES TO LEARN | |
| 15.
Which Language Shall I Study? | 121 |
| 16.
Which Languages Are Being Studies? Why? | 127 |
| 17.
What Languages Go Together? In What Ways? | 140 |
| 18.
How Should One Handle The Romance Language? | 148 |
| 19.
What Are The Problems In Learning French? | 159 |
| 20.
How Do You Learn Italian? | 167 |
| 21.
Can You Learn Spanish And Portugese At Once? | 176 |
| 22.
How Can You Learn German? | 186 |
| 23.
Can You Really Learn Russian? | 195 |
| 23.
Can You Really Learn Russian? | 195 |
| 24.
How Do You Learn A Classical Language? | 207 |
| 25.
What Other Languages Are Important? | 215 |
| 26.
The Problems Of Learning English | 223 |
| Appendix
I. Alphabets and Languages Sounds | 231 |
Appendix
II. Some Recent Developments In Language-Learning Methodology | 281 |
| APPENDIX
III. What To Do And What Not To Do In AForeign
Country | 285 |
Appendix
IV. A Few Usful Address For Language Learners | 289 |
| Index | 291 |
