Publisher's Synopsis
This guidebook is intended for anyone who is learning a language through formal or informal study. It was written with two underlying premises: Study is essential to language learning The responsibility for language study is primarily the learners.The purpose of this guidebook is to support language study at the secondary and postsecondary levels. It was written to help language learners achieve several goals: Understand what it means to study a language Develop a mindset and habits for language study Organize themselves, their environment, and their time for success Implement study strategies Capitalize on readily available resources Become self-directed as a language learner Develop a Personal Language Study PlanThree underlying influences support the scope and sequence of the guidebook: the Communicative Approach to language teaching and learning the distinction between ""learning"" and ""acquiring"" a language the authors' conceptual framework, the Language Study H.U.B., that takes a wholistic view of language studyThis guidebook can be used as a Textbook to support language learners in the development and application of study and organizational strategies Supplementary text for language methods courses Classroom reference book for language teachers Book study for language educators.
