Mario Pei, 1966, Harper & Row, New York, soft
cover, LCCC 66-10649, 245 pages, 141 mm X 212 mm X 28 mm |
| Introduction | vii |
| | |
PART
I HOW TO LEARN
LANGUAGES | |
| 3 |
| 1.
CAN ANYBODY LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? | 13 |
2.
WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE ? YOUR AVAILABLE TIME ? YOUR CONVENIENCE ? | 21 |
3.
HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF LEARNING A LANGUAGE ARE
THERE? | 31 |
5.
HOW DID YOU LEARN LANGUAGES ? | 40 |
| 6.
IS THERE AN IDEAL GRAMMAR BOOK ? | 52 |
| 7.
SPECIAL LEARNING AIDS : PHRASE BOOKS AND DICTIONARIES | 62 |
| 8.
WHAT SHOULD OUR SCHOOLS DO ABOUT LANGUAGE ? | 68 |
| 9.
HOW GOOD ARE OUR RECORDINGS ? | 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 AND WRITE ? | 111 |
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| PART
II WHAT LANGUAGES TO LEARN | |
| |
| 15.
WHICH LANGUAGE SHALL I STUDY ? | 121 |
| 16.
WHICH LANGUAGES ARE BEING STUDIED ? WHY ? | 127 |
| 17.
WHAT LANGUAGES Go TOGETHER? IN WHAT WAYS ? | 140 |
| 18.
HOW SHOULD ONE HANDLE THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES ? | 148 |
| 19.
WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS IN LEARNING FRENCH ? | 159 |
| 20.
HOW DO YOU LEARN ITALIAN ? | 167 |
| 21.
CAN YOU LEARN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE AT ONCE ? | 176 |
| 22.
HOW CAN YOU LEARN GERMAN ? | 186 |
| 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 |
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| APPENDIX
I. ALPHABETS AND LANGUAGE SOUNDS | 231 |
| APPENDIX
II. SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LANGUAGE-LEARNING METHODOLOGY | 281 |
| APPENDIX
III. WHAT TO DO AND WHAT NOT TO DO IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY | 285 |
| APPENDIX
IV. A FEW USEFUL ADDRESSES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNERS | 289 |
| |
| Index | 291 |
