The BALL is in Your Court--Learning a foreign language
Author: Aurelia
Mcneil Mat
Title:
The Ball Is
In Your Court Learning A Foreign Language
Genre: Languages,
Reference, Language,
Synopsis: The BALL is in Your
Court--Learning a Foreign Language provides anyone who wishes to learn a
foreign language with meaningful direction to make their language learning a
productive experience. This book answers over 50 commonly asked questions. It
will provide the reader with tips and suggestions on selecting learning
materials, interacting with native speakers, and finding a language teacher. As
a bonus, The BALL is in Your Court contains a list of over 35 ideas for
language learning! Aurelia mcneil’s journey into foreign language began when
she was young. At eighteen years of age, she learned how to speak Spanish
by association and interaction with native speakers. Thereafter, she attended a
university and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree majoring in both
Spanish and French. She completed a certification program for
translators. Ms. Mcneil attended graduate school to complete her master of arts
degree in secondary foreign language education and English as a second
language. Her published master’s thesis is entitled, computer assisted
instruction- it’s valve to second language learners. In addition, she has
written books entitled, how to learn a foreign language- A question and answer
resource guide and B.A.L.L stories and activities for listening input and
vocabulary retention, Spanish volume 1, she has gained several years of
experience teaching English as a second language (ESL). Spanish, French, and
German in public schools. Ms. Mcneil is a university instructor who teaches
bilingual, ESL, And global language methodology courses. She continues her
studies in curriculum and instruction, conducts research, and develops language
learning materials. Since many curriculum developers are not teachers. Ms.
Mcneil hopes her perspective as an educator will contributable substantially to
the fleid of language education
Review:
A helpful
little book that contains facts about language learning book. . l highly recommended it
to anyone and even if you are not in to this type of book it's good to read
outside your favourite genre and try something new and improved your reading to
different types of books and genre and authors. I rated this book 5 star on
amazon and goodreads. Really like reading this book and l would love to learn a
different language and l was sent this book for review and l found it hard to
put down once l started reading it and it was easy to get in to.
About
the author: Ms. McNeil is the creator of the BALL method for language learning.
The BALL method encourages pre-learning and pre-teaching of vocabulary combined
with listening as an initial and primary channel of learning and teaching. Ms. McNeil is a university instructor who teaches
bilingual, ESL, and global language methodology courses. She continues her
studies in curriculum and instruction, conducts research, and develops language
learning materials.
Edition: Kindle and Paperback
Star rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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