© 1993 Greg Thomson. Used by permission.

This book describes a developmental approach to language learning for beginners. Greg Thomson teaches new leaners to work with a speaker of the target language to learn basic vocabulary and structures. The goal is to learn practical language for everyday living. The techniques used here will be helpful to anyone doing self-directed language learning with access to speakers of the target language.

Here are the main sections of this book:

• Introduction
• Getting started with your Language Resource Person
• Getting on with talking
• Ideas for vocabulary and sentence patterns to learn to comprehend in order to become a basic speaker
• Conclusion (Kick-starting your language learning)

Here are the sections after the main part of this book:

• References

• On-line book: Kick-starting Your Language Learning: Becoming a basic speaker through fun and games inside a secure nest, by Greg Thomson
• In document collection: Essays on Field Language Learning, by Greg Thomson
• In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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