Polyglot Notes: Practical Tips for Learning Foreign Language

Every person has to deal with different cultures and languages at some point in their lives. Knowledge of language greatly facilitates the interaction of a person with another type of culture, improves social status, provides career growth, provides great opportunities for self-expression and dissemination of ideas, opens up prospects for modern education, improves financial situation, contributes to the achievement of your goals and objectives. However, in the process of learning many people necessarily face difficulties, which they lack experience and necessary knowledge to overcome. This practical manual will become a desktop assistant for a large audience: for those who want to or are already learning a foreign language, do it alone or with a teacher, individually, in a group or educational institution (school, college, university, academy). The guide will help to structure and organize your individual language learning process and will give you the opportunity to independently determine the methodology of learning a language that will be interesting and not burdensome. The title of the manual reflects its content: current issues and possible solutions. The material is presented in a concise and concrete manner. Each person can select the method that is most appealing to him or her, as well as one that is appropriate for his or her pace and lifestyle, so that language learning becomes a natural and exciting process. The book addresses such issues as: What is Language? / Why Cannot You Learn a Foreign Language? / How Much Time You Will Spend to Learn a Language? / The Duration of Lessons / What is the Minimum Foreign Language Vocabulary? / What Textbook Should You Select to Learn a Language? / How to Choose a Teacher? / How to Prepare for the Language Exam? / A Foreign Language for Children / Distance Learning / How to Coach and to Develop Memory / Training / Grammar Study / Phonetics Study / Vocabulary Study / Developing Listening Skills / Developing Speaking Skills / Developing Reading Skills / Developing Writing Skills / Linguistic Environment / Immersion in the Linguistic Environment / Language Interference / Regional Geography / Culture Shock