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Learner English: A Teacher's Guide to Interference and Other Problems (2nd Edition) (Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers)

By: Michael Swan Bernard Smith
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521779391
ISBN-13: 9780521779395
Released: 26 Apr 2001
RRP: £19.05
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excellent for CELTA or other EFL courses - By: , 27 Jul 2003
If you are on a CELTA course or similar EFL course, then this is a very useful book. It runs through the various interference problems you might encounter when teaching students of various L1 backgrounds. It methodicallly runs through the various english vowel & consonant pronunciation issues each learner might have, & extends its analysis into alll areas of grammar, stress, intonation, vocabulary & culture. Even if you're not on a course & you have a multi-L1 class, then this acts as a reference guide for helping you to profile students & understand their potential learning difficulties with
English.
Excellent guide to language issues for students learning ESL - By: anne.buchanan@btinternet.com, 03 Jun 2002
The book is split into various native language sections. Within each of these there is an analysis of that language form & how it differs from English. Various difficulties peculiar to each language are then given in reference to learning English. An invaluable guide especiallly when teaching students where the teacher has no knowledge of their mother tongue.