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Bezig met laden... Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language (MIT Press)door Richard Roberts, Roger Kreuz
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book is about more than language learning, even though that is its main theme and why I bought it. I learned much about how the mind works, how we remember, how adults learn in different ways than children do. It is an upbeat book, with helpful advice and examples from the two author's own language learning experiences. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot acquire a language as easily as children. Once they begin to learn a language, adults may be further discouraged when they find the methods used to teach children don't seem to work for them. What is an adult language learner to do? In this book, Richard Roberts and Roger Kreuz draw on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language if they bring to bear the skills and knowledge they have honed over a lifetime. Adults shouldn't try to learn as children do; they should learn like adults. Roberts and Kreuz report evidence that adults can learn new languages even more easily than children. Children appear to have only two advantages over adults in learning a language: they acquire a native accent more easily, and they do not suffer from self-defeating anxiety about learning a language. Adults, on the other hand, have the greater advantages--gained from experience--of an understanding of their own mental processes and knowing how to use language to do things. Adults have an especially advantageous grasp of pragmatics, the social use of language, and Roberts and Kreuz show how to leverage this metalinguistic ability in learning a new language. Learning a language takes effort. But if adult learners apply the tools acquired over a lifetime, it can be enjoyable and rewarding"--MIT CogNet. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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I liked how this book took up some myths about language learning and gave really good arguments why one should not believe them. Also, it talked about realistic goals and there was a really good discussion on what is fluency and what is proficiency and what does this mean for language learning. ( )