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ezine Oct 2006

BEST READS

Listen & Speak

Did You Know...

 Anne Taylor, founder of LFA recommends some of the best books around to help with language learning.

" books are a wonderful source of language learning secrets and practical advice & knowledge" Try them out and see what a good read can do for your turn of phrase in the language of your choice click here for more

Get your Tongue Round This!

"Cinq chiens chassent six chats"

      5 dogs chase 6 cats   

This months French TongueTwister

Try it on your friends..

Make it Easy - Listen & Learn

Spanish French German

3CDs for  £27.00

  3 X Cassettes £18.00

and try our 52 Language Prompt Cards containing over 150 different words

 All the key vocabulary you will ever need. Each set contains clear, lively illustrations with words in Spanish, French & German

Tel: 0121 453 9969

email: anne.taylor@languagesforall.co.uk

The word ‘lethologica’ describes the state of not been able to remember the word you want

YOU KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN YOU JUST CAN'T REMEMBER...CLICK HERE FOR LEARNING TIPS

 

Lightning Learning by Jonathan O’Brien

This is mainly aimed at 11 years and upwards and there is a good deal of information about how to prepare for examinations. However, there is also a great deal of information, presented easily and with a lot of diagrams that would be very helpful to anyone in a learning situation.

For teachers comes The Laughing Classroom by Diane Loomans and Karen Kolberg. There are many good ideas here form which to choose. “ Learn with Laughter, Learn that much faster”

For teachers and students:- Look for books by Tony Buzan of 'Mind Mapping' fame and Colin Rose and Malcolm J. Nicholl - Accelerated Learning

Learning tips

 Reading the language that you are learning is a useful way to add to your learning.   Why?  It improves your vocabulary as well as helping you to see the patterns of language and get the general feel of the rhythm of the language.   Here are 3 ways to get started: 1] Look first for what you know.  Secondly look for words that are similar to English words.   Thirdly aim to get the gist of what you are reading and finally look up any words you don’t know. 2] Reading out loud is more beneficial than silent reading.

  3] Read only until you have noted 5 unknown words.   Count the number of lines you have read.   Jot this down for reference.   Do this each time you read and know that you are improving as the number of lines you read increases before you have found your 5 words.  This increases your feeling of success - very important in any activity and you can chart your progress.

 

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