Achieving success in second  language acquisition
By: Betty Lou Leaver, Madeline Ehrman, and Boris Shekhtman.
Contributors: Ehrman, Madeline Elizabeth.; Shekhtman, Boris.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Second language acquisition.
Description: "This clear and informative textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above, it teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning, to develop individual learning plans and approaches, and to select appropriate learning strategies. The authors - all leading experts in language teaching - base their advice on theories of learning, cognition, and memory, concepts which they explain in simple and accessible terms. The book is divided into three parts, on learning, language, and communication, and provides students with communicative strategies for use in real-life interaction with native speakers. Each chapter contains an overview section, as well as a review section with learning activities that students can carry out by themselves, in groups, or in the classroom. Equally suitable for use both by individuals and as a class text, this book will become a resource for all language learners."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.